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Icral's r~nt, f.:(, or.alifll0ny, runs a feparate courfc of
pr..f.:ripliun; fu thal in an allion 101 Ihcfe, the c1aim
",¡JI ue reltriacd 10 Ihe arrcars in:urrco wilhin Ihe Ihret
)'elrs imm~JI::ldy bdur~ Ih! Cil.lio,l: !:lut, in aCCOllnIS,
r refcriplion OOC! 001 b~gin lill Ihe anicle; for a
lingl~ anide cannol b~ c,¡\ied ln accounl. Aélions of
remol'ing mufl alfu be PI" fuco wilhin Ihree ye.lrs afler
Ihe warning. R:duélions of (rroneous retours, pre·
f.:ribe, if nOI purfued wilhin twenly y(ars.
afler th: Iw~nty ycm; ..I.erea; in flipcnd" merchanl~
accoInIS, &e. nOI only Ihe eonnilulion, but the Lbfif.
tence of Ihe oeUt, mu~1 be prol'eo by IVruing or Ihe oebt.
ór's o3l h, a(ler the lerm of prcCcri ption. S~me low)'trs
eXlend Ihis prefc liplion o( holograph writin¿s to all obli.
gations for fum$ nOI excteding L 100 SeOl!, which are
nut attened by lI'ilnc(fts; becauCe Iheugh thefe are in
praélice fultained, yel they ought not 10 have Ihe {ame
duralion wilh decds attcHed by wilne(fes. Though in
Ihe filOn prefcriplions of dcbts, the right of aélion is foro
(ver Ion, if nOl ~xercifed within the time limited; yet
where aélion was brou;:ht on any of thoCe debls, before
Ihe prefcriptionwas run , it fubfilted, like any olher righl,
for fony years. As this defemd the purpofe of Ihe atls
eftablin,ing thefe prefcriplions, aJl procefres uponwarnings,
fpuifzies, ejetlions, or arrellments, or (or payment of
the dcbls contained in aél t669, e. 9. are by Ihe aél,
joined with 1685, e. 14' declared 10 prefcribe in five
years, if not wakened within Ihat lime; fee Ti!. 30.
7. Mlniflers flipends and multures pr& ribe in five
years afler they are due; and arrears of reOI, fiy( years
after th( tenant's removing flom the lands. As the pre·
fcription of mails anJ duties was introduced in fayour of
pOllr leoanl" thd( they mighl nOI fuffer by negleéling 10
preferve Iheir difcharges, a proprielor of Iands fu bjeél 10
a liferenl, who had ublaineo a leafe of all Ihe liferented
lanJs from Ih( liferenter, is nOI inlitleo 10 plead il, nor
a tackfman of one's whole e!late, who had by Ihe leafe
a power of removing tenanl!. Bargains concerniogmove·
a~les, or fums of money which are proyeable by wilne(fes,
prefcribe io five years afler Ihe uargain. Under thefe
ar! inc!uded fale!, localions, and all olher ~onfenfual
contraéls, 10 the connilution of which writing is not neo
ce(fary. BUI all the aboye mentioned oebls, may, after
Ihe fiye years, be provcd, either by the oath or Ihe wri·
ting of the debtor; of which above, § 6. A quinquen.
.nial prefcription is tflablilhed in arrenments, whether on
decrm or depeoding a(tions: The fid! prefcribe in fiye
years after ufing the amflmcnl, and the laU in fiye
years after [entence is pronounced on the dependiog
•aion.
8. No perfon bioding for or wilh anolher, either as
cautioner or co.priocipal, in a bond or contraa for a fum
of monq , ' conlioues bOllnd after feven years from the
date of the bond, proyided he has either a elaufeof relief
in the bond, or a feparate bond of relief, intimated to
thecreoitor, at his receiving the bond. But all diligence
ufed withjn Ihe feren yms againfl the cautioner,. fhall
fland good. As this is a pu~\¡c la IV, intended 10 pre·
fent Ihe bad confequenées of rafh enJa¡;cments, its b~·
Defit cannOI, .before Ihe lapCe of Ihe feyen yelrs, be re·
nounced by the cautioner. As it is corrcélory, it is
Ilriéllyinterpreted: T hus, bonds bearing a mutual c1auCe
of relie( pro rala, fall not under it; nor bonds of corro·
boraljon, nor obligalions, "here Ihe condilion is not pu·
rificd, or Ihe term of payment nnt come wilhin Ihe feven
years; becaufe no diligencc c~n be uf~d on Ibefe. The
flatule excludes all cautionries for the f,ithful difcharge
of o/lices ; thefe not being obligations in a b~nd 01' con·
traél (01' fum! of money. Aod praélice has denied Ihe
benefilof it tO aJl judicial caulioners, as caulloners in a
fufpenfion. Aélions of count and reckoning, compelent
either to mino" againlt Iheir tUlors 01' curalOrs, or v;"e
v!rfa, prefcribe iQ ten years afler Ihe majorityor death
of Ihe minoro
9 Holor,raph bond" milliye ICllers, and hooks o( . c·
eounl , nOI allelted by wilne(fes, pref"ibe in tlYenl y yeus,
unlef' lhe credilor (hall Ihereaflcr prove Ihe vérity of Ihe
fubf.:riplion by Ihe deu:ur's oalh. !t is Ihel efore fu~i ·
citnt 10 f,yc (ruin ti,e cn'd l of Ihis ~r&riplion, Ihallhe
~onnllution of tI~; d, bt b: proved uy Ihe p""y's OJth,
10. Cenain obligations are Ion by the JapCe of lef, Ihan
forty years, without the aid of Italute, where Ihe nalure
of the obligation, and Ihe circumUances of parties, junio
fy it : Th us, biJls IYhich are nil\ intended for Janing fe.
curities, produce no aélion, where the credilor has been
long fil ent, unlef! the fubfi ft ence of the debt be proved
by Ihe deblor's oalh; but Ihe' precife time is not fixed
by praélice. T hus alCo, a receipl for bilis granted by a
wriler to his employer, not infined upon for tIVenty·three
years, was found nOI produélive of an atlion. The
prefcriplions of the rel!ilution of minors, of the benefi t
of inventory, &c. are explain(d in their proper plam.
1 J. In the pofitive prefcriplion, as d!ablinled by the
aél 16t7, the conlinued po(feflion for fony years , pro–
ceeding upon a litle of property not chargeabl( wilh falfe–
hood, fecures the po(fc(for againlt aHolher ground.s of
challenge, and fo prefumes bona¡du, pufumplÍon_j uriJ
,/ d,jure. In the long negati ye prefcription, bq/la¡du
in Ihe deblor is not required: The credilors negletling
to for fo long ¡ time, is conltrued as an abandoning
of his debl, and Cois equinlent to adifeharge. Hence,
though ¡he fubfinence of Ihe debt fhould b( rdmed
to the deblor's own oath, afler the fon y years, he is oot
liable.
12. Prefcription runs d! m'lIIenl~ in l11?lIImlulR: 'T be
whole time dcfined by laIV mu(! be complemd. before a
righl can ue eilher acquired or Ion fo Ihat ioter·
ruplion, made on Ihe lan day of the fonielh year, breaks
ilS courfe. The pofitiye prefcriplion runs againfl Ihe
Soycreign himfelf, eren as to his annexed property. but
il is gencrally Ihoughl he cannot fu(fer by Ihe negatire :
He i~ «cured aBainn Ihe negi i~ence of hisollicers, in lite
rnanagemeOl of proeen'es. by éxr'cls n"lIte. 1600, C. 14.
The negatiye, as lI'eH as Ihe politive pr&ril'li~n, :uns'
ag.inft Ihe chu"h, Ihough churdllll<n I,.\'e ~llt a tempo.
""y imercfl in Ilteir bcnc:icts. BUI becJure Ihe 'ighls of
btncr.cl.llles 10 Ihtir rJip~r.¿s arc Ildblc 10 acód,'nl!,
throllgh lite fl'CquCIII ch;tngc of incumb, nls, Ihi'IC" 1I
years pn(fcflion does, by a rule t,"Ihe ROOlan eri
\\'hieh \Ve h.lve ,dl'ptet! , f,'uno a ¡ refuOIp,i,e litlé in ti,.
"y: Hut this is nUI P"'I''' Iy Pldn Ipllon; fur ii'
by titks r.colel ed, rer!!' !,1~UI uf th.. ¡'.nl·, o,,'n
h,trl\