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Acts and Ordinances of the Interregnum, 1642-1660. Originally published by His Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1911.
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January, 1651
[17 January, 1650/1.]
Damage Cleere taken away.
Be it Enacted by this present Parliament, and by the authority of the same, That all Fees called Damage Cleere, or Damna Clericorum, be from and after the First day of January, One thousand six hundred and fifty, utterly forborn and taken away; and that no such Fee, Sum of money, or anything in lieu thereof, be from and after the said day demanded or received by any Officer, Minister or any other person, belonging to any Court of Justice within this Commonwealth.