for us, our heirs and successors, require and strictly command all and every person and persons, bodies politic and corporate, and all other our subjects whatsoever, of what estate, quality, degree, name, or condition soever they be, within our United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man [colonies to be mentioned, if any], that neither they nor any of them, at any time during the continuance of the said term of 14 years hereby granted, either directly or indirectly do make, use, or put in practice the said invention, or any part of the same, so attained unto by the said as aforesaid, nor in anywise counterfeit, imitate, or resemble the same, nor shall make or cause to be made any addition thereunto or subtraction from the same, whereby to pretend himself or themselves the inventor or inventors, devisor or devisors thereof, without the consent, licence, or agreement of the said his executors, administrators, or assigns, in writing under his or their hands and seals first had and obtained in that behalf, upon such pains and penalties as can or may be justly inflicted on such offenders for their contempt of this our royal command, and further to be answerable to the said , his executors, admi

nistrators, and assigns, according to law, for his and their damages thereby occasioned: and moreover we do by these presents, for us, our heirs and successors, will and command all and singular the justices of the peace, mayors, sheriffs, bailiffs, constables, headboroughs, and all other officers and ministers whatsoever of us, our heirs and successors, for the time being, that they or any of them do not nor shall at any time during the said term hereby granted in anywise molest, trouble, or hinder the said his executors, administrators, or assigns, or any of them, or his or their deputies, servants, or agents, in or about the due and lawful use or exercise of the aforesaid invention, or anything relating thereto: provided always, and these our letters patent are and shall be upon this condition, that if at any time during the said term hereby granted it shall be made appear to us, our heirs or successors, or any 6 or more of our or their Privy Council, that this our grant is contrary to law, or prejudicial or inconvenient to our subjects in general, or that the said invention is not a new invention as to the public use and exercise thereof, or that the said

is not the true and first inventor thereof within this realm as aforesaid, these our letters patent shall forthwith cease, determine, and be utterly void to all intents and purposes, anything hereinbefore contained to the contrary thereof in anywise notwithstanding: provided also, that these our letters patent, or anything herein contained, shall not extend or be construed to extend to give privilege unto the said his executors, administrators, or assigns, or any of them, to use or imitate any invention or work [1851-52.]

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whatsoever which hath heretofore been found out or invented by any other of our subjects whatsoever, and publicly used or exercised, unto whom our like letters patent or privileges have been already granted for the sole use, exercise, and benefit thereof: it being our will and pleasure that the said

his executors, administrators, and assigns, and all and every other person and persons to whom like letters patent or privileges have been already granted as aforesaid, shall distinctly use and practise their several inventions by them invented and found out, according to the true intent and meaning of the same respective letters patent and of these presents: provided likewise nevertheless, and these our letters patent are upon this express condition [that if the said shall not particularly describe and ascer tain the nature of his said invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, by an instrument in writing under his hand and seal, and cause the same to be filed in

within calendar months next and immediately after the date of these our letters patent;] [and also if the said instrument in writing filed as aforesaid does not particularly describe and ascertain the nature of the said invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed]; and also if the said

his executors, administrators, or assigns, shall not pay or cause to be paid at the office of our Commissioners of patents for invention the sums following, that is to say, the sum of

pounds on or before the

and the stamp duty payable in respect of the cer

tificate of such payment, and the sum of

day of

A.D.

pounds on or and the

before the stamp duty payable in respect of the certificate of such payment; and also if the said his executors, administrators, or assigns, shall not supply or cause to be supplied for our service all such articles of the said invention as he or they shall be required to supply by the officers or Commissioners administering the department of our service for the use of which the same shall be required, in such manner, at such times, and at and upon such reasonable prices and terms as shall be settled for that purpose by the said officers or Commissioners requiring the same; that then and in any of the said cases these our letters patent, and all liberties and advantages whatsoever hereby granted, shall utterly cease, determine, and become void, anything hereinbefore contained to the contrary thereof in anywise notwithstanding: provided that nothing herein contained shall prevent the granting of licences in such manner and for such considerations as they by law be granted: and lastly we do by these presents, for us, our heirs and successors, grant unto the said his executors, administrators,

and assigns, that these our letters patent, or the filing thereof, shall be in and by all things good, firm, valid, sufficient, and effectual in the law according to the true intent and meaning thereof, and shall be taken, construed, and adjudged in the most favourable and beneficial sense for the best advantage, of the said

his.executors, administrators, and assigns, as well in all our Courts of Record as elsewhere, and by all and singular the officers and ministers whatsoever of us, our heirs and successors, in our United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man [colonies to be mentioned, if any], and amongst all and every the subjects of us, our heirs and successors, whatsoever and wheresoever, notwithstanding the not full and certain describing the nature or quality of the said invention, or of the materials thereunto conducing and belonging. In witness whereof we have caused these our letters to be made patent, this

of

A.D.

day

SPECIFICATION.

To all to whom these presents shall come;

I

of

send greeting:

Whereas Her Most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by her letters patent bearing date the

day of

A.D.

year of her reign, did, for

herself, her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me the said her special licence that I the said

my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I the said , my executors, administrators, and assigns, should at any time agree with, and no others, from time to time and at all times thereafter during the term therein expressed, should and lawfully might make, use, exercise, and vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man [colonies to be mentioned, if any], an invention for

[insert title as in letters patent],

upon the condition (amongst others) that I the said.

within

by an instrument in writing under my hand and seal, should parti cularly describe and ascertain, the nature of the said invention, and in what manner the same was to be performed, and cause the same to be filed in calendar months next and immediately after the date of the said letters patent: now know ye that I the said do hereby declare the nature of my said invention, and in what manner the

same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement; (that is to say),

[describe the invention].

In witness whereof I the said A.B. have heretofore set my hand and seal, this

day of

A.D.

A. B.

ACT of the British Parliament "to amend the Practice and Course of Proceeding in the High Court of Chancery,"-and providing for the swearing of Documents before British Consular Officers abroad.

[15 & 16 Vict. cap. 86.]

[July 1, 1852.]

WHEREAS it is expedient to amend the practice and course of proceeding in the High Court of Chancery: Be it enacted by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:

I. From and after the time hereinafter appointed for the com mencement of this Act, the practice of engrossing on parchment Bills of Complaint or claims to be filed in the said Court, and of filing such engrossment, shall be discontinued: and the Clerks of Records and Writs of the said Court shall receive and file a printed Bill of Complaint or Claim, in lieu of an engrossment thereof, in like manner as they now receive and file such engrossment.

II. The writ of subpoena to appear to and answer a Bill of Complaint in the said Court, and the writ of summons upon a claim, shall respectively be abolished.

III. In lieu of serving the defendant to a Bill of Complaint in the said Court with a writ of subpoena to appear to and answer the same, and in lieu of serving the defendant to a Claim in the said Court with a writ of summons upon such Claim, in the mode and according to the practice now adopted in the said Court with reference to such writs respectively, the defendant shall be served with a printed Bill of Complaint or Claim, with an indorsement thereon, in the form or to the effect set out in the Schedule to this Act, with such variations as circumstances may require, such printed Bill of Complaint or Claim so to be served being previously stamped with a proper stamp by one of the Clerks of Records and Writs, indicating the filing of such Bill of Complaint or Claim, and the date of the filing thereof.

IV. The filing of a printed Bill of Complaint or Claim in the said Court shall have the same effect as the filing of a Bill of Com

plaint or Claim in the same Court, and the issuing of a subpoena or writ of summons thereon respectively, now have, and the service upon the defendant of a printed Bill of Complaint or of a Claim so filed, with such endorsement thereon, so stamped as aforesaid, shall have the same effect as the service on him of a writ of subpoena or writ of summons respectively now has, and shall entitle the plaintiff in such suit to such remedies for default of appearance and otherwise as he is now entitled to in case of due and proper service of a subpœna to appear to and answer a Bill of Complaint or of a writ of summons upon a Claim.

V. The service upon any defendant of a printed copy of a Bill of Complaint or of a Claim in the said Court shall be effected in the same manner as service of a writ of subpoena to appear to and answer a Bill of Complaint is now effected, save only that it shall not be necessary to produce the original Bill or Claim, which will be on the files of the Court; provided that the Court shall be at liberty to direct substituted service of such printed Bill or Claim, in such manner and in such cases as it shall think fit.

VI. Notwithstanding the provisions hereinbefore contained, the Clerks of Records and Writs of the said Court may receive and file a written copy of any Bill of Complaint praying a writ of injunction or a writ of ne exeat regno, or filed for the purpose either solely or among other things of making an infant a ward of the said Court, upon the personal undertaking of the plaintiff or his solicitor to file a printed copy of such Bill within 14 days, and every Bill of Complaint so filed shall be deemed and taken to have been filed at the time of filing the written copy thereof; and a written copy of any such Bill of Complaint, stamped as aforesaid, and with such endorsement thereon as aforesaid, may be served on any defendant thereto, and such service shall have the same effect as the service of a printed copy.

VII. The plaintiff in any suit to be commenced in the said Court after the time hereinafter appointed for the commencement of this Act shall be bound to deliver to the defendant or his solicitor, upon application for the same, such a number of printed copies of his Bill of Complaint or Claim as he shall have occasion for, upon being paid for the same at such rate as shall be prescribed by any general order of the Lord Chancellor in that behalf.

VIII. Upon the amendment of any Bill of Complaint or Claim to be filed in the said Court after the time hereinafter appointed for the commencement of this Act, the provisions hereinbefore contained with respect to filing and serving and delivering printed copies thereof shall, so far as may be, extend and be applicable to the Bill or Claim as amended: Provided that where, according to the present practice of the said Court, an amendment of a Bill or Claim may be made without a new engrossment thereof, or under such other cir