Common Law Procedure Act 1852

XII Renewal of Writs issued before this Act.

Where any Writ of Summons in any such Action shall have been issued before, and shall be in force at, the Commencement of this Act, such Writ may at any Time before the Expiration thereof be renewed under the Provisions of and in the Manner directed by this Act; and where any Writ, issued in continuation of a preceding Writ according to the Provisions of the said Act of His late Majesty King William the Fourth, shall be in force and unexpired, or where One Month next after the Expiration thereof shall not have elapsed at the Commencement of this Act, such continuing Writ may, without being returned non est inventus, or entered of Record according to the Provisions of the said Act of His late Majesty King William the Fourth, be filed in the Office of the Court within One Month next after the Expiration of such Writ, or within Twenty Days after the Commencement of this Act; and the original Writ of Summons in such Action may thereupon, but within the same Period of One Month next after the Expiration of the continuing Writ, or within Twenty Days after the Commencement of this Act, be renewed under the Provisions of and in the Manner directed by this Act; and every such Writ shall after such Renewal have the same Duration and Effect for all Purposes, and shall, if necessary, be subsequently renewed, in the same Manner as if it had originally issued under the Authority of this Act.