Limitation of Actions Act 1866 (SA)

ANNO TRICESIMO

No. 14.

A% Act to declare, amend, and consolidate the L a w relating to the

limitation o f Suits and Actions.

[Assented to, l l th January, 1867.1

HEREAS it is expedient to dcclare, amend, and consolidate Preamble,

W the Law relating to the period within which actions or suits

may be brought, to recover land, money, or chattels-Be it there- fore Enacted by the Governor-in-Chief of the Province of South Australia, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council

and Home of Assembly of the said Province, in this present Par-

liament assembled, as follows:

1, From and after the first day of Jaimary, oiie thousand eight Repeal of A Q ~ 13,

and suits for wh

l~llndred arid sixty-sevcn, " An Act to mneiid the Law relating to ls6I.

the limitation of iti ions and Suits;" being Act No. l 3 of 1861, shall

be and is hereby repealed, save so far as such Act repeals any Acts

or Ordinances of the Legislature of the said Province: Provided that

all actions which have hem cornmei~ced before the passing hereof,

shall be hereafter continued, carried on, and concluded, and the rights,

estates, and interests of all persons parties to such actions shall be

determined, settled, and decided as if' this Act had not been passed,

2, The words and expressions hereinafter mentioned, which i11 Interpretationof

their ordinary signification have a more confined or different mean-

ing, shall, except where the natqre of the provision or the context

of this Act shall exclude such construction, be interpreted as fol- +I

or eriodical sums of money charged upon any land; person "

sha R include any number of persons, any bfhY politic, corporate,	or collegiate, and a class of creditors; person through whom
anoth~r person claims" shall mean any person by, through, or under, or by the act of whom the person so claiming became entitled to the estate or interest claimed as heir, issue in tail, tenant in dower, successor, special or general occupant, executor, administrator, legatee, husband, assignee, appointee devisee, or otherwise; where the singular or plural is used the other shall be

ere the word bLaction," or is used, the other shall and either of the said words shall mean any other pro-

ceeding either at law or in equity.3 -..--+

Divieiona of ~ c t. 3. This Act shall be divided into six parts relating to the follow-

ing subjects :-

PART ~.-TO the period within which proceedings to recover land

may be taken:

PART 11.-Fixing the period of accrual. of the cause of action

concerning land or rent in certain cases:

PART 111.-To various eases which may arise concerning land or

rent :

PART W.--To actions founded on special(ty: I

PART V.-TO action founded on simple contract:

ART VI.--TO persons under disability:

PABT. I.-Period within which proceedings to recover land may be c

taken: a?& ca.- -

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N ~ I. . ~ rent c a. 4. NO person shall make a entry or d~stress, or bring an

z;;;;:E;lze	action to recover any land or 5	nt but within twenty years next
right of action accrued
to the clairnan$ Or	t
eatate he claim.

some person whose

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tap. 27, sec. 2. -

- 4 ~ f - - - e PABT n.-Fixing the period of accrual of the cause of agtition

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, rZ ; t ,d~, '+w~ i ,> -&. concerning land and rent in certain cases:

" when the light hall 5. The right to make an entry or distress, or bring an action to

t	a d ~ ~ d b h a ~
accrued. recover any land or rent, shall be deemed to have first accrued
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ilt4wiim., at such time as hereinafter mentioned (that is to say):
cnp. 27, sec. 3.
h e C 6. When the person claiming any land or rent, or some person
having been in pmemion and discon- through whom he claims, shall, in respect of the estate or interest )
e i n . claimed have been in possession or in receipt of the profits of such rS
3 r 4 yiu. IT-, land, or in receipt of such rent, and shall, while entitled thereto

have been dispossessed, or have discontinued such possession or

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receipt, then such right shall be deemed to have first accrued at

the time of such dispossession or discontinuance of possession, or

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at the last time at which any such profits or rent were or was 80

received:

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Limitation of &its and Actions Act.--1866-7.

7. When the person claiming any land or rent shall claim the In the w e 01 person

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estate or interest of some deceased person who shall have con- died.

tinued in such possession or receipt in respect of the same estate or 3 & 4 Will. TV., cap. 27, oeo. 3.

interest until the time of his death, and shall have been the last , * i d C, "

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person entitled to such estate or interest who shdl have been in ,

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such possession or receipt, then such right shall be deemed to have

first accrued at the time of such death:

8. When the person claiming any land or rent shall claim in In the csae of &nation.

respect of an estate or interest in possession, granted, appointed,

or otherwise assured by any instrument (other than a will) to him, 3 et 4 Will. IV.,	or some person through whom he claims, by a person being in cap. 27, sec. 3.
respect of the same estate or interest in the possession or receipt of the profits of the land, or in the receipt of the rent, and no person entitled under such instrument shall have been in such possession or receipt, then such right shall be deemed to have first accrued at the time at which the person claiming as aforesaid, or the person through whom he claims, became entitled to such possession or receipt by virtue of ouch instrument:
9. When the estate or !interest claimed shall have been an estate or interest in reversion or remainder, or other future estate future
or interest, and no person shall have obtained the possession or 8 & 4 Will. IV.,
receipt of the profits of such land, or the receipt of such rent in 27rrec.
respect of such estate or interest, then such right shall be deemed to have accrued at the time at which such estate or interest became an estate or interest in possession:

10. When the person claiming any land or rent, or the person f;$hg~:breach

through whom he claims, shdl have become entitled by reason of

any forfeiture or breach of condition, then such right shall be 3 a 4 will. IT.,

deemed to have first accrued at the time such forfeiture was in-	27)
curred, or such condition was broken:

11. When any right to make an entry or distress, or to bring Whero advantage of forfeiture is not takcn

an action to recover any land or rent by reason of any forfeiture bp remain&r-man,

or breach of condition, shall have first accrued in respect of any $g;t$&;;i;;ztnte	estate or interest in reversion or remainder, and the land or rent corner into po~osseseion.
shall not have been recovemd by virtue of such right, the right
to make an entry or distress, or bring an action to recover such ::, ~ ~ ~ ~; , \ ~ *
land or rent, shall be deemed to have first accrued in rcspect of
such estate or interest at the time when the same shall hive be- come an estate or intereat in possession, as if no such forfeiture or breach of condition had happened.

12. When any person shall he entitled to or claim under any ~n the c m of s

mortgage of land, then such right shell be deemed to have first mortgage.	cr(rcl.4-
accrued a t thc time of the last payment of a,oy part of the principal
money or interest secured by such mortgage, although more than I., cap. 28, W. 1.

vie, J y l l

twenty years may have elapsed since the time at which the right to make such entrv or distrem or brine: such action, shdl have first

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13. In respect of an estate or interest in reversion, the right shall

Revemioner a new right.

be deerned to have first accrued at the time such estatc or interest

cap. 27, sec. 5. nation of any estatc or estates in respect of which such land shall a an6 4 William IV., slxtll have become an estate or interest in possession by the determi-

have been held or the profits thereof' or such rents shall have been received, notwitllstsnding the person claiming such lauds, or some pcrson through whom lie claims, shall a t any tlme previously to the creation of the estate or estates which shall havc dctermined have been in the possession of the receipts and profits of such land or in the receipt of such rent.

An administrator to 14. An administrator shall be deemed to claim any estate or in-

c l a k ss if he had 01)- with turest in any land or estate, 3,s if there had been no interval between

out, interval after the the death of the deceased person and the grant of the letters ot	death of the deceased.
3 and 4 W a i n m IV., administr.ztion.
cap. 27, sec. 6.
In the case of a tenant
at will the ri ht shall 15. When any person shall lime been in possession or receipt of
be togm the profits of a n y land or in receipt of any rent, as tenant at will,
cruedatthendofcne the right of the ~ c r s o n entitled subject thereto, or of the person
year.
3 and 4william *V.. ' tllrough whom he claims, shall be deemed to liavc first accrued at
cap. 27, sec. 7. A the dGern1ination of such tenancy, or at tlle expiration of one year next after thc con~me~lcemsnt of kkch tensncy,&at which time Huch tenancy shall be dccnlcd t o irwc dctermined: Provided that no mortgagor or ces tu ipe trust, shall be deemed a tenant at will within the meaning of this clause to his mortgagee or trustee.

p NO person after a 16. When any person shall be in receipt of the profits of any

tenancy from year to any right land, or in rcceipt of any mnt as tenant froin year to year, or other

' @ g	year
hut from the end of period,

h' 3 any lease in writins, the right of the person entitled,

the f i ~ s t year or last

p3ymeutofrent.	subject thereto, or the person tllrough whom the claim slrall be
3 and 4 William

4 deemed to have first accrued, at the determinatiou of the first of

cap. 27, sec. 8.

such ywrs or other period, or at the last time auy r a t shall have

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S ,I been received, which shall first happen.
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4 17. When any person s l i d be in possession or in leccipt of

~ h e r e l e a a c amount-

, by n the rents and profits of any land, or in receipt of auy rent,

/! ingto lings, rcservcd Twenty Shil-

' *	leas. inwriting, an1 by virtue of a lcasc in writing, by which a rent amounting
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T	secured, when right been w'ongfull~ to the yearly sum of Twenty Shillings or upwards shall be re-
I,	to acrrucb. served, and the rent reserved by such lease shall have been received
3 and 4 Willinm IV.,

'% by sornc person wrongfully cldnling to be entitled to such land or

$, eap. 27, BBC. 9.

l.i	rent in reversion immediately expectant on the determinatiou of such lease, and no payment in respect of the rent reserved by such
*4!	lease s l d l afterwards have been made to the person rightfully
8	entitled tl~ereto, the right of the person entitled to such land or rent subject to such lease, or of the person through whom the daim h a l l be deerned to have first accrued a t the time at which the rent so reserved wits first so received by the person wrox~gfully claimiug as aforesaid; and no such right shall be deemed to have first ac-

3 $k &a y 7 crued upon the deterrnipation of such lease to the person rightfully entitled.

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PART 111.-Cases which may arise concerning land or rent:

18. No person shall be deemed to have been in possession of A mere mtrg not to be poaaeseion.

any land merely by reason of having ma e n entr th eon. -/C P p . - , =

-S= W $ kWL-JLX Y

19. NO continual or other claim upon or near any land shall N o right to be pm-

served by cont ind

preserve any right of making an entry or distress, or bringiug an claim.

action.

20. When any one or more of several persons entitled to any Possession of one coparcener not to be

land or rent as coparceners, joint tenants, or tenants in common posaesaion of the other,

shall have been io possession or receipt of the entirety, or more S & I Will.

than his or their individual shares of such land or the rofits cap. 27, sec. 12.

benefit of any persons other than the persons entitled to the shares

thereof, or of such rent for his or their own benefit, or or the P

of the same land or rent, such possession or receipt shall not be

deemed the possession or receipt by such last-mentioned persons.

21. When a younger brother or other relation of the person ~osma~ion or.

entitled as heir to the possession, or receipt of the profits of any [ ~ ~ g ~ ~ &, " ~ h ~ ~ ~ r

land, or the receipt of any rent shall cntor into the possession or session of the heir, 3 & 4 Will. JV.,

receipt thereof, such possession or receipt shall not be deemed the	13.
possession or receipt of only the person entitled as heir.

22. When any acknowledgment of the title of the person $ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ t $

entitled to any land or rent shall have been given to him or person entitled, or to

his agent in writing, signed by the person in possession, or in .vivalent to his agent, to be

receipt of the profits of such land, or in receipt of such rent, then session ofreceipt or 8uch possession or receipt of or by the person by whom such T$4wa. IT.,

acknowledgment shall have been given shall be deemed to have cap. 27, W. 14.

been the possession or receipt of or by the person to whom or to whose agent such acknowledgment shall have been given at the time of giving the same, and the right of such last-mentioned

person, or any person claiming through him, to make an entry or	distress, or by an action to recover such land or rent shall be
deemed to have first accrued at and not before the time at which such acknowledgment or the last of such acknowledgments, if more than one, was given.

23. When the right of any person to make an entry or distress, when the right to

or bring an action to recover any land or rent to which he may ~ ~ ~ d f ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ $ i i

have been entitled for an estate or interest in sossession shall have the same person

been barred by the determination of the hereinbefore limited entitled to future estates shall also bo

which shall be applicable to such case, and such person shall at barred.

my time during the said period have been entitled to any other ,,,. zL sec. ZO+	3 & 4 Will. IT.,
estate, interest, right, or possibility in reversion, remainder, or otherwise, in or CO the same land or rent, no entry, distress, or action shall be made or brought by such erson, or any person such other estate, interest, right, or possibility, unless in the mean claiming through him to recover such lan 2' or rent in respect of
time such land or rent shall have been recovered by some person

2~ entitled

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Limitation of Huits and Actions Act.-1 866-7,

entitled to an estate, interest, or right, which shall have been limited, or taken effect after or in defeasance of such estate or interest in their possession.

mentcnant intail I

iB barrcd, remainder- 24. When the right of a tenant in tail of any land or rent to

man whom he make an entry or distress, or to bring an action to recover the same

have baTred &all have been barred by reason of the same not having been made

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shall not recover,

3 ai 4 will. IT.,	or brought within the period hereinbefore limited, which shall be
cap. 21, sec. 21.	applicable in such case, no such entry, distress, or action shall be made or brought by any person claiming any estate, interest, or right which such tenant in tail might lawfully have barred.

P0s8wi0n advemetO

a tenant in tail shall 25. Where a tenant in tail of any land or rent entitled to recover

eerve uguinat a the same shall have died before the expiration of the period herein-

rwainder~manwhOm

he mi ht have barred, before limited, which shall be applicable in such case for making

3 a 4tn. N., an entry or distress, or bringing an action to recover such land or

cap+ 27v " * ' rent, no person claiming any estate, interest, or right, which such tenant in tail might lawfully have barred, shall make an entry or distress, or bring an action to recover such land or rent, but within the period during which, if such tenant in tail had so long continued to live, he might have made such entry or distress, or brought

t shall be vested in a trustee ight of the cestu ipe trust, or

to bring a suit against the

rough him to recover such land

first accrued according to the

re the time at which such land or	,
o a purchaser for a valuable con-

tion, aud shall then eerned to have accrued only as

son claiming through him.

In every case of a concealed fraud, the right of any person

ng a suit in equity for the recovery of any land or rent of which he or any person through whom he claims, may have been deprived by such fraud shall be deemed to have first accrued at

aneelled,

* :ctb- and not before the time at which such fraud shall, or with reason- able diligence might have been first known or discovered: Pro-

'*	vided that nothing in this clause contained shall enable any owner of lands or rents to have a suit in equity for the recovery of such lands or' rents on account of fraud against any bondjde purchaser for valuable consideration who has not assisted in the commission
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1	of such fraud, and who at the time that he made the purchase did
2	not know and had no reason to believe that any such fraud had !

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l* been committed.

tion of equity on the Saving the jurisdic- 28. Nothing in this Act contained shall be deemed to

, -, interfere with my rule or jurisdiction of Courts of Equity, in

men~e9 yr o t h c ~ i ~. refusing relief on the ground of acquiescence or otherwise to

3 & 4 W&. IT$, person whose right to bring a suit may not be barred by virtue of

a 27.

his Act. 29. When

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29. W hen a mortgagee shall have obtained the possessiou or Y o r f ~ ~ n r barred at the end of be er

receipt of the profits of any land, or the receipt of any rent,' corn- t,,t, ,,, from

prised in his mortgage, the mortgagor or any person claiming $;$;z:;;:frn- through him shall not brin a suit to redeem the mortgage, but ~ e ~ e i ~ n, or from the

within twenty yeam next after the time at which the mortgagee het l edpen t. writton acknow-

obtained such possession or receipt, unless in the meantime an

acknowledgment of the title of the mortgagor or of his right of &A-+-

redemption shall have been iven to the mortgagor or some person -& 9 3

claiming his estate, or to t B e agent of such mortgagor, or persan	in writin signed by the mortgagee or the person claiming through
him; an f in such case no such suit shall be brouqht but within twenty years next after the time at which such aikno~led~rnent,
or the last of such acknowledgments if more than one, was given;
and when there shall be more thnn one mortgagor, or if more than
one person claiming through the mortgagor or mortgagors, such
his or their agent, shall be as effectual as if the same had been cap. 27. acknowledgment if given to any of such mortgagors or persons, or 3 s; 4 will. IV.,
given to all such mortgagors or persons; but where there shall be more thnn one mortgagee, or more than one person claiming the eshte or interest of the mortgagee or mortgagees, such acknow- ledgment signed by one or more of such mortgagees or persons, shall be effectual only as against the party or parties signing as aforesaid, and the person or persons claiming any part of the mortgage money, or land, or rent, by, from, or under him or them, and any person or persons entitled to any estate or cstatcs, interest or interests to take effect after or in defeasnnce of his or their estate or estates, interest or interests, and shall not operate to give to the nrortgagor or mortgagors a right to redeem the mortgage
as against the person or persolis entitled to any othcr undivided
or divided part of the money, or land, or rent; and where such of the mortgagees, or persons aforesaid, as shall have given such acknowledgment shall be entitled to a divided part of the land or rent comprised in the mortgage, or some estate or interest therein,

and not to any ascertained part of the mortgaged money, the mort- gagor or mortgagors shall be entitled to redeem the same divided part of the land or rent on payment, with interest, of the part of

the mortgage money which shall bear the same proportion to the whole of the mortgage money as the value of such divided part of the land or rent sl~all bear to the value of the whole of the land or rent comprised in the mortgage.

30. At the determination df the period limited by this Act to At of the

any person for making an entry, or distress, or bringing any action, therigbt of the party period of limitation

recovery whereof such entry, distress, or action respectively might

the right and title of such person to the land or rent for the ~L;:K,Y;~;~O

have been made or brought within such period, shall be ex-

tinguished.

deemed receipt of d

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be the receipt of the profits of the land for the purposes of thie

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f i " ~ c e n t ~ w n m n Q ~	32.	No	descent,	cast,	discontinuance,	or warranty	which	may
&C., to bar a right of

entry. happen or be made shall toll or defeat any right of entry or action

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cap. 27. fw the recovery of land.

shall be brought to recover

or lien, or *

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same shall be payable or hls agent, to the person entitled ;( have been given in writing, sign& by thc perso; by whom L,:

thereto, or his agent, and in such case no such action or suit, or ,-

- proceeding shall be brought but within twenty years after such F C

payment or acknowledgment, or the last of such payments or '

acknowledgments, if more than one was given.

NO arreaig of dower

to be recovcred for 34. No arrears of dower, nor any damages on account of such

more than six vears.

arrears, shall be renewed or obtained by any action or suit for a

longer period than six years next before the corn

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founded on special

on ~imitatio special y. ofaction 35. ,411 actions for rent reserved by any lease, all actions of covenant or debt upon any bond or other

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, and or upon

; $# 't

3 a a mill. ~ v, any j ~ or recognizance shall be e

'i sued within

4*.	3 & b.	twenty years next after the cause of action accrued, or the recovery
of such judgment, and not after: Provided that if any acknow- ledgment shall have been made either by writing signed by the

8 party liable by virtue of such indenture, ty, or recognizance,

R or judgment, or his agent, or by part p , or part satkfaction

of any principal or interest being then due thereon, it shall be lawful for the person or persons entitled to such actions to bring his or their action for the money remaining unpaid, and so acknow-

h. ledged to bc due, within twenty years after such acknowledgmeut

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,F 4 )	b j writing, or part payment, or pnrt'satisfaction as aforesaid.
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PART v.-Actions founded on simple contract:

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seamen's wages; and for money levied on a Jeri facim, and for an escape; and all actions for direct injuries to real and personal property; actiona for taking away, detention, or conversion of pro-

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perty, goods and chattels; actions for libel, malicious prosecution,

and arrest, and seduction, and actions for other causes which would

be brought in the form of actions called trespass on the case, save m r 37

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as hereinafter exce ted, shall be comnleuced and sued within SIX --

years next after -Se,, t e e a u ~ of such action or suit, but not after. Ado s la3 :&3&rt64

37. All actions for assault, trespass, menace, battery, wounding, For sasadt, &C., thrw

and imprisonment, shall be commenced and sued within three ear8 y a ~ ~.

next after the cause of such action, but not after. /C. &41.,&~~ - 8. 4 ~ Q 7

38. All actions for words, and for penalties, damages, or sums of Fordande?? J M ~

money given to any party, by any statute now or hereafter to be i~.=-~-f-,

force, shall be commenced and sued within two years next after the +'v44 * 2,

words spoken, or the cause of such action, but not after. 7 -=--a 7

39. In any of the actions mentioned in clauses 36, 37, and 38 Actione withinmix months

hereof, a plaintiff shall be entitled to tr his action at any time within W-5

six months next after the cause t ereof, and in no case shall a m. f

plaintiff on such action be nonsuit or defeated by reason of his action

not being brought in due time in case he shall have commenced such action within six months from the cause thereof, any law, usage,

or statute to the contrary in any way notwithstanding. 4

40. If in any of the said actions judgment be given for the plain- Limitation afterjudg- 6

tiff and the same be reversed by error and a verdict pass or upon ment arrested or

judgment by defaurt a verdict pass for the plaintiff, and upon matter 3 ma 4 Wiu. IT.,	alleged in arrest of judgment the judgment be given against the cap. 42, seo. 4.
plaintiff that he take nothing by the plaint, writ, or bill, in all such ,,v

.cases	the party, plaintiff, his executors, or administrators, as the case may require, may commence a new action or suit from time to time within a year next after such judgment reversed, or such
judgment given %inst the plaintiff, aid n<t after.

41. 1f any person or persons against whom there is or may be menmor ,,

any of the hereinbefore mentioned causes of action, or any one or j oint debtors abaent from the Province

more of such persons be absent from the said Province, then such period limitation

person who is or shall be entitled to such action shall be at liberty i:!&pPg8E;;f	to brine: such actions against such Derson after his or their return absent.
within "the said ~rovi&e, within such times as are re~pectively Annet =Ps lL
limited for the bringing of such actions by this Act : Provided, that 1aand20 ~ i c, , c q. 97, 7,
where there shall be two or more joint debtors, the person or per- &C. 4.
sons who shall be entitled to such action, shall not be entitled to any time within which to commence aud sue any such action or suit against one or more of such joint debtors who shall not be ab- sent from the said Province at the time such cause of action accrued by reawn only that one or more of such joint debtors was or were, at the tijne such cause of action accrued, absent from the said Province; and such person so entitled 8s aforesaid shall not be barred from

I M	commencing
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commencing and suing any action or suit against the joint debtor or debtors who was or were out of the said Province at the time the cause of action or suit accrued, after his or their return to the said Province, by reason only that judgment was already recovered against any one or more of such joint debtors who was not or were not absent from the mid Province at the time aforesaid.

I	Payment of one
contractor not to 42. Where there shall be two or more CO-contractors or co-
prejudice the other. debtors, whether bound jointly only or jointly and severally, or
I	l' and Vioqt OeP* executors or administrators of any CO-contractors, no such co-
11, sec. 14.

; t	contractor, or CO-debtor, or executor, or administrator shall lose the benefit of tlds Act; so as to be chargeable in respect or by reason only of paymcnt of any principal, interest, or other money
by any other of such CO-contractor, CO-debtor, executor, or ad-
ministrator,

43. In any action of debt, or upon the cme grounded upon simple

*cknOwleapent words not to take dk

4 **	case mt of the opera- contract, no acknowledgment by words only shall be deemed suf-
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iiOn 0fthi8Act- ficient evidence of a new and continui~g contract whereby to hkc

6	any case out of the operation of -Act,	or deprive any party of
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r*	the benefit thereof, unless such acknowledgment or promise shall
4	be made or contained by or in some writing to be s&ned_by the

Lg 7 9 483 party to be char2ed thereby, or by MS tsa; and where there shall

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-- 'be two or mor8?Joiint contractors, or executors, or administrators of any contractors, no such joint contractor, executor, or adminis- trator shall lose the benefit of this Act, so as to be made chargeable

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t by or in respect only of any written acknowledgment or promise

pa Provision ment. as to part made and signed by any other or others of them: Provided - that

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Q m,, cap. 14; nothing herein contained shall alterL-or take awny --- or-~hf: -

ls and lQ Tic., W e f E Z b f any payme---any principal or mterest made by any

V: y 97, sea. 13. _-. l _ l_l_- - _

L % I ' person whatsoever.

*leas In abatement. 44. If any defendant or defendants in any action or simple con- tract shall plead any matter in abatement, to the effect that any other person or persons ought to be jointly sued and issue be joined an such plea, and it shall appear at the trial, that the action could not by reason of this Act be maintained against the other person or persons named in such plea, or any of them, the issue joined on such plea shall be found against the party pleading the same.

0 Geo. IV., cap. 14,

uec. 2.

W ' Of pay- 45. No endorsement or memorandum of any payment written

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B1	o G B O ~ I V. , ~ ~ ~. 14, or made upon any promissory note, bill of exchange, or other
&CC. 3. writing, by or on behalf of the party to whom such payment shall

be made, shall be deemed sufficient proof of such payment so as

to take the case out of the operation of this Act.

by way of set-off. 46" This Act shall apply to the case of any debt or simple con-	fl~p'econtract debts
o oamee~v., 14, tradt alleged in the way of set-off on the part of any defendant,
WC 4. either by plea; notice, or otherwise.

PART VI.-To persons under disability : 47. If

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300 VICTORIA$ No. 14. 125

Limitation o f Suits and Actions Act.--1866-7.

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47. If at the time at which the right of any person to

make an entry, or distress, or bring any of the actions here- the respective periods

inafter mentioned, shall have first accrued, such person shall f ~ ~ ~ y ~ ~ ~ ~ ~, ", ~ y

have been under any of the disabilities hereinafter mentioned, (that bringing m action

is to say), infancy, coverture, idiotcy, lunacy, or unsoundness of tion of the diaability, after the detcrmina-

mind, then such person, or the person claiming through him, may, 21 $ernes I., cap 11.	3 & 4 Will. W.,
notwithstanding the respective periods of limitation hereinbefore fixed	,,, 27.
shall have expired, make an entry, or distress, or britlg an action, within such times as are hereinbefore respectively limited, after his coming to, or being of full age, discovered of sane memory or death, whichsoever shall first happen.

48. No entry, distress, or action to recover any land or rent No action A a ~ b s

shall be made or brought by any person who at the time years after the r,gbt brought beyond cort.

at which his right to make an entry or distress, or bring an %%;?$.P. action to recover any land or rent shall have first accrued shall be E.P 27, pea. 17.

under any such disabilities, or by any person claiming through ,*a	S&C-/~
himy- but within forty years next after the time at which such

right shall have first accrued th ough the person under disability L #

at such time, or the persons cla ming through him may have re- 1 & *&, f 596

rnsined under one or more of ~ u c h	disabilities during the whole of
such forty years.

49. No person shall be entitled to any further time beyond the of limitation

respective periods fixed by this Act within which to make an entry not imprisonmeut be extended OS by ab-

or distress, or bring any action by reason only that such person sence of person en- titled to action.

W= at the time such right to make an entry or distress to bring 1s a 20 via., cap. 97. such action accrued, absent from the said Province, or imprisoned.

50. This Act may be cited as &'The Limitation of Suits and Actions Short title of actt.

Act, 1666."

In the name and on behalf of the Queen, I hereby assent to

this Act.

D. DALY, Governor.

Adelaide : PriaCd by authority, by W. C. Cox, Government Printer, Viotoria-square.