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for possession of a certain [messuage with appurtenances, or part of a house, or as the case
may be, describing the tenement so as to distinguish it], situate at ____ And take notice that the
plaintiff claims of you for rent [or mesne profits, or damages] the sum of £ __ , for a period from
the day of ____, 19 , to the _ day of ___ , 19___ . And further take notice
that, if you do not appear at the said Court and show cause why you do not deliver up possession as
aforesaid, the Magistrate may order a warrant to issue to give possession to the plaintiff. And further
take notice that, if the plaintiff in this action is not your immediate landlord, you must, upon being
served with this summons, or if this summons shall come to your knowledge, forthwith give notice
hereof to your immediate landlord; and if you do not give such notice you will be liable to forfeit to
your immediate landlord three years' rack-rent of the premises held by you of him in respect of which
this summons is issued.
Given under my hand and the seal of the Court, at __ , this day of , 19____ .
To the Defendant.
Claim for .. ... ... £ : :
Costs .. ... ... : : :
Mileage for service of summons .. ... : : :
Total .. ... £ : : :
Hours of attendance at the office of the Clerk on __ , from till , except
on __ , when the office will be closed at __ .
[Indorsement No. 19.]
No. 101.
Sec. 170; Rule 40.
Now Zealand.
“The Magistrates’ Courts
Act, 1908.”
SUMMONS FOR RECOVERY OF TENEMENT FOR NON-PAYMENT
OF RENT.
In the Magistrate’s Court, held at __ .
Between
and
You are hereby summoned to appear at the Magistrate’s Court to be held at __
on the __ day of , 19 , at the hour of _ in the forenoon, to answer the claim of the plaintiff why
possession of a certain [Here describe the house or other tenement so as to distinguish it], situate at __ ,
held by you as a [Insert weekly, or as the case may be] tenant should not be given up to the plaintiff
by reason of the rent payable in respect thereof by you being _ days in arrear, and the plaintiff
having right by law to re-enter for the non-payment thereof. If you pay to the Clerk the rent
in arrear and the costs of this action, as stated at the foot of this summons, five clear days before the
day you are required to appear to this summons, this action will cease. And take notice that if you do
not pay such rent in arrear, and costs, or appear at the said Court and show cause why possession of
the said _____ should not be recovered against you, you may be ordered by the Court to give possession
of such premises to the plaintiff, and that if such order is not obeyed a warrant may issue to give
possession to the plaintiff. And further take notice that, if the plaintiff in this action is not your
immediate landlord, you must, upon your being served with this summons, or if this summons shall
come to your knowledge, forthwith give notice hereof to your immediate landlord; and if you do not
give such notice you will be liable to forfeit to your immediate landlord three years' rack-rent of the
premises held by you of him in respect of which this summons is issued.
Given under my hand and the seal of the Court, at __ , this __ day of , 19____ .
Clerk of the Court.
Plaint No. _____
Rent in arrear from the day of to
the day of _____
£ : : :
Costs .. ... ... : : :
Mileage for service of summons .. ... : : :
Total .. ... £ £ : : :
Hours of attendance at the office of the Clerk on , from till , except
on , when the office will be closed at _____ .
[Indorsement No. 19.]
No. 102.
Secs. 169, 170, and
172; Rules 40, 42.
New Zealand.
“The Magistrates’ Courts
Act, 1908.”
WARRANT FOR GIVING POSSESSION OF TENEMENT.
In the Magistrate’s Court, held at __ .
Between
and
To , Bailiff of the Magistrate’s Court [or To ].
WHEREAS at __ , on the __ day of , 19 , it was ordered by the Magistrate’s Court
held at __ that the defendant should give the plaintiff possession of a certain [house, etc., as
in summons], situate at __ * [and that the plaintiff should recover against the defendant], the
sum of pounds shillings and pence for costs, or the sum of pounds
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