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Oath on behalf of company or co-partners.
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266. If any ship goods or other things shall at the time of seizure be the property of a joint stock company, or of co-partners carrying on trade in the United Kingdom, such claim and appearance may be entered and oath made by the public officer of such company, or by an agent for such co-partners or by one of them, and every person who shall be convicted of taking a false oath as to the facts herein-before required to be sworn to shall be guilty of perjury, and liable to the penalties thereof.
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