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[SECT. 15.]

That no execution shall be issued, during the term aforesaid, from the office of any clerk of any of the inferiour courts of common pleas, or of the superiour courts of judicature, for any sum whatsoever, unless the plaintiff or plaintiffs, suing in his or their own right, and

dwelling within this province, shall first take the oath aforesaid, and certificate thereof shall be made on such execution; and if any execution shall issue or go forth during the term aforesaid without such certificate, the same shall be and is hereby declared to be void.