CHAP. VIII.
“The King to the Justices, Health. I warrant B. who was at such a place, by my precept, on such a day, in my service, and, therefore, could not be present before you on that day at your Assizes; and I command you, that you put him not in default for his absence that day, nor that he in any respect suffer loss.
Witness, &c.”[51]
CHAP. IX.
If he should deny all the summonses, he shall, as to each of them individually, corroborate his denial with the oaths of twelve.[52] Should it happen on the day appointed that either of the Compurgators[53] fail, or should the person of either of them be justly excepted to, and the vacancy occasioned by either of these circumstances not be filled up, the Tenant shall, on account of his default, immediately lose his Seisin.[54] But, if the Tenant thus completely disprove the summonses, he shall on the same day answer to the Action.[55]
CHAP. X.
If the Tenant, being summoned, appear not on the first day, but Essoin himself, such Essoin shall, if reasonable, be received; and he may, in this manner, essoin himself three times successively; and, since the causes, on account of which a person may justly essoin himself, are various, let us consider the different kinds of Essoins.