No. CXCVIII.

*A Bond to Indemnify an Accommodation Acceptor or Indorser of a Promissory Note or Bill of Exchange.

EONDS.

Indemnity (acceptor).

KNOW ALL MEN, &c. (1)

WHEREAS the above bounden (obligor),
day of

hath promised to pay

by bill [or note] under his hand, dated the

the sum of L

with interest thereon until paid. AND WHEREAS the above-named (obligee) at the request and for the debt of the said (obligor), hath indorsed the said recited bill or note, and hath thereby become chargeable with and for payment of the said and interest, at the time therein mentioned, as by the said bill and indorsement will appear. NOW THE CONDITION of CONDITION. the above written bond or obligation is such that if the said (obligor),

sum of £

his executors, administrators, or assigns, do and shall well and truly

pay the said sum of £

for which the said note is so given, and interest thereof, on the day of the payment therein mentioned, and in full discharge thereof, and thereof, and therefrom, and from all actions, suits, charges, payments, and damages by reason thereof, shall and do at all times well and sufficiently save and keep harmless and indemnified the said (obligee), his heirs, executors, and administrators, and every of them. THEN, &c.

(1) See ante, p. 77.

Obligation,

BONDS.

Indemnity (administration).

No. CXCIX.

*A Bond to Indemnify a person paying a Debt to a next of Kin before Letters of Administration obtained.

Recitals.

day of

,

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, &c. (1) WHEREAS the
above-named (obligee) stands indebted to the estate of (intestate),
late of, &c. deceased, in the sum of £
as he doth hereby
acknowledge. AND WHEREAS the said (intestate) departed this
life on or about the
intestate, and in
insolvent circumstances, leaving the said (widow) his widow, him
surviving. AND WHEREAS the said (widow) has solicited the
said (debtor) to pay to her the said sum of £
SQ due
from him to the estate of her said late husband deceased, without
obliging her to take out letters of administration to his effects, the
expense whereof would exhaust great part of the said sum and leave
her nearly destitute of support; which in consideration of the pre-
mises they have consented to do, on the said (obligors) entering into the
above written obligation with such condition as is hereunder written;
and the said (obligee) hath accordingly paid the said sum of £

,

on

the day of the date hereof, as she the said (widow) doth hereby acknowCONDITION. ledge. Now THEREFORE the condition of the above-written obligation

is such, that if the said (obligors) or either of them, their or either of their
heirs, executors, or administrators, do and shall from time to time and
at all times hereafter, well and sufficiently save, defend, keep harmless,
and indemnified the said (obligee), his executors and administrators, and
his and their goods and chattels and lands and tenements, from and
against all losses, costs, damages, charges and expenses which he or
they shall or may bear, pay, sustain, or be put unto for or by reason
of his the said (obligee) having paid to the said (widow) the said sum
of L
so due from them to the estate of the said (intestate)
deceased, as aforesaid, or for or by reason of any matter or thing in
anywise relating thereto. THEN, &c.

,

Obligation.

(1) See ante, p. 73, and notes there.

No. CC.

* A Bond to Indemnify a person becoming Bail on a Writ of

Error.

BONDS.

Indemnity (bail).

KNOW ALL MEN, &c. (1) WHEREAS a verdict in ejectment was obtained in his Majesty's Court of against the above named (defendants), upon the demise of (plaintiff) gentleman, as plaintiff, at the last summer assizes, held for the county of AND WHEREAS the said (defendants) have since brought their writ of error upon the judgment in ejectment, to which bail being required to answer the mesne profits of the lands and premises thereby recovered, the said (obligee, one of the defendants) together with (other defendants) are become bail to the said writ of error, and are thereby liable to answer and make good all the rents and profits of the said lands and premises so recovered as aforesaid. AND WHEREAS previous to and before the giving such bail as aforesaid he the said (obligor, one of the defendants) proposed and agreed to indemnify the said (obligee) of and from the same, so far as concerned his the said (obligor's) interest in the said lands and premises so recovered, in such manner as hereinafter mentioned. Now THE CONDITION of CONDITION. the above written obligation is such, that if the above bounden (obligor), his heirs, executors, and administrators, or some or one of them, shall and do from time to time and at all times hereafter, at his and their own proper costs and charges, well and sufficiently save, keep harmless, and indemnified, as well the said (obligee), his heirs, executors, and administrators, as also his and their real and personal estates of from and against all and all manner of actions, suits, judgments, executions, costs, charges, damages, and expenses whatsoever, which shall or may at any time hereafter fall, arise, happen, or come

(1) See ante, p. 73. Now by the act of 6 Geo. 4. c. 96. No exe- Obligation. cution shall be stayed upon a judgment in a personal action by writ of error, unless by special order of the court on recognizance, under 3 Jac.

1. c. 8.

BONDS.

Indemnity

(bail).

to him, them, or any of them, for, by reason or on account of his the said (obligee) being one of the bail to the said writ of error as aforesaid, or otherwise howsoever touching or concerning the same so far as relates to the interest of him the said (obligor) in the premises so recovered as aforesaid, and of his being one of the defendants therein, and as to his cost, charges, and damages thereby sustained. THEN, &c.

No. CCI.

*A Bond to Indemnify a Parish against the maintenance of a Bastard Child.

BONDS.

Indemnity (bastard).

KNOW ALL MEN, &c. (1) WHEREAS (mother) of, &c. single woman Recitals. hath in and by her voluntary examination, taken in writing upon

,

one of his Majesty's justices of the

oath before peace, acting in and for the said county of declared that she is with child, and that the said child is likely to be born a bastard and to be chargeable to the said parish of . AND hath also in and by her said examination charged the above bounden (father) with having gotten her with child of the said child, and declared that he is the true and only father thereof (2). AND WHEREAS the said (obligors) have agreed and undertaken to discharge and indemnify the said parish of from all costs and expenses from or on account of such child. Now THEREFORE THE CONDITION. CONDITION of the above written obligation is such, that if the said (obligors), or any or either of them, or either of their heirs, executors, or administrators, do and shall from time to time and at all times hereafter well, fully and absolutely indemnify and save harmless, as well the above named churchwardens and overseers of the poor of the said parish of and their successors for the time being,

as also all and singular other the parishioners and inhabitants of the
said parish of
for the time being, of and from all man-
ner of costs, taxes, rates, assessments, charges, demands, and ex-
penses whatsoever, for or by reason of the maintenance of the said

(1) See ante, p. 73, and notes there.

(2) If the bond be given after the birth of the child, say, "Whereas (mother), single woman, was on the

delivered of a

day of

bastard child in the parish of

and hath charged the above bounden (obligor) with and declared him to be the true and only father thereof, which said bastard child is now become chargeable to the said parish of

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