2.

Summons on Bill of Exchange or Promissory Note.

In Her Britannic Majesty's Consular Court at [Smyrna].

You are hereby commanded, in Her Majesty's name, to attend this Court within seven days after service of this Summons on you, inclusive of the day of service, and obtain leave from this Court to defend this suit; otherwise A.B., of the above-named Plaintiff, will be entitled, as of course, to an immediate absolute order against you.

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Indorsement on Summons.

(Seal.)

The Plaintiff claims [ 1 pounds sterling, principal and interest [or balance of principal and interest], due to him as the payee [or indorsee] of a bill of exchange or promissory note, of which the following is a copy:

(Here copy bill or note and all indorsements on it.)

And if the amount thereof be paid to the Plaintiff within [ days from the service hereof, further proceedings will be stayed.

NOTICE.

If the Defendant does not, within seven days after having been served with this Summons, inclusive of the day of service, obtain leave from the Court to defend this suit, the Plaintiff will be entitled, as of course, at any time after the expiration of those seven days, to an immediate absolute order for any amount not exceeding the sum above claimed, and such sum as may be fixed by the Court for costs.

Leave to defend the suit may be obtained on application to the Court, supported by evidence on oath, showing that there is a defence to the suit on the merits, or that it is reasonable that the Defendant should be allowed to defend the suit, or on payment into Court of the sum hereon indorsed.

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Summons on Claim under 201.

In Her Britannic Majesty's Consular Court at [Smyrna].

[gentleman], the above-named Defendant.

You are hereby commanded, in Her Majesty's Court at [ ] the [ o'clock in the [

] at

] on [

name, to attend this

] day of [ noon on the hearing [merchant],

of a claim [or an application] on the part of A.B., of the above-named plaintiff [state the precise nature and particulars of the claim, and the amount sought to be recovered, or the precise object of the application, as the case may be].

(Seal.)

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The following Note is to be added to the original Summons, and when the time is altered by indorsement, the indorsement is to be referred to as below :· NOTE.-If you do not attend, either in person or by counsel or attorney, at the time and place above mentioned [or at the place above mentioned at the time mentioned in the indorsement hereon], such order will be made and such proceedings taken as the Court may think just and expedient.

4. Petition.

In Her Britannic Majesty's Consular Court at [Smyrna].

To X. Y., Esquire, Her Britannic Majesty's Consul at [Smyrna].

The petition of 4.B., of

Shows as follows:

[merchant], the above-named Plaintiff,

1. [On the 1st day of June 1859, the Defendant, etc.]

2. [On the next day the Plaintiff wrote and sent a letter to the Defendant, the material parts of which were as follows, etc.]

3............

4....

The Plaintiff therefore prays

1. [That an account may be taken of what is due for principal and interest on, etc.]

2. [That the Defendant may be decreed to pay to the Plaintiff the amount which shall be so found due within one calendar month, &c.

3. [That the Plaintiff may have such further or other relief as the nature of the case may require.]

The Defendants to this petition are

In Her Britannic Majesty's Consular Court at [Smyrna].

The answer of C.D., one of the above-named Defendants, to the petition

of the above-named Plaintiff.

In answer to the petition, I, C.D., say as follows:

6.

Notice of Hearing.

In Her Britannic Majesty's Consular Court at [Smyrna], [Saturday], the [

] day of [

},

...

To 1.B., the above-named Plaintiff.

[or

To C.D., one of the above-named Defendants]. This cause will be set down for hearing on

day of

the

18 and will come on to be heard in its turn on that

day if the business of the Court permits.

(Seal.)

7.

Motion-paper.

In Her Britannic Majesty's Consular Court at [Smyrna].

Affidavit of attesting Witness in proof of the due execution of a Will or Codicil, dated after 31st December 1837.

In Her Britannic Majesty's Consular Court at [Smyrna].

In the matter of 4.B., deceased.

I, C.D., of

make oath and say that I am one of the subscribing witnesses to the last Will [or Codicil as the case may be] of A. B., late deceased, the said Will [or Codicil] being now hereto

of

annexed, bearing date

Will [or Codicil] on the day of the date thereof by signing his name at the foot or end thereof [or in the testimonium clause thereof, or in the attestation clause thereto, as the case may be], as the same now appears thereon (*), in the presence of me and of the other subscribed witness thereto, both of us being present at the same time, and we thereupon attested and subscribed the said Will [or Codicil] in the presence of the testator.

In Her Britannic Majesty's Consular Court at [Smyrna].

In the matter of A.B., deceased.

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I, C.D., of make oath and say that I believe the paper writing for the paper writings], hereto annexed and marked by me (†), to contain the true and original last Will [or last Will with Codicils] of 4.B., late of , deceased, and that I am the sole executor [or one of the executors] therein named [or executor according to the tenour thereof, executors during life, executrix during widowhood, or as the case may be], and that I will faithfully administer the personal property of the testator by paying his just debts and the legacies given by his Will [or Will and Codicils], so far as his personal property shall extend as the law bind me; that I will exhibit an inventory, and render an account of my executorship, whenever lawfully required; that the testator died at

on the

day of

18 ; that at the within the

time of his death he had his fixed place of abode at jurisdiction of this Court; and that the whole of his personal property does not amount in value to the sum of pounds to the best of my know

ledge, information, and belief.

If the signature is in the testimonium clause or attestation clause, insert "intending the same for his final signature to his Will."

+ Each testamentary paper is to be marked by the persons sworn and the person administering the oath.

Where more executors than one are appointed, and all are not sworn, a memorandum should be made in the margin of the oath that power is to be reserved to the other executors or executor, or that they have or he has renounced.