Note 305 — Chapter XI
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Burnet, ii. 229; Statutes 11 and 12 Will. III. c. 4.
“The judges put such constructions upon the clause of forfeiture as eluded its efficacy; and I believe there were scarce any instances of a loss of property under this law.” (Hallam’s Const. Hist., ii. 333.) The Act was repealed in 1779.