Bank of Ireland Act, 1781

And if any person shall obtain any judgment against said corporation and shall bring execution thereon to officer of exchequer, said officer shall pay the sum in said execution to the plaintiff, and deduct from the annual sum payable to said corporation.

XIII. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That if at any time hereafter any person or persons shall obtain any judgment or judgments in any court of law, against the said corporation, for any debt or sum of money, and shall bring any execution or executions thereupon, unto the said officers of your Majesty's exchequer, that then it shall and may be lawful to and for the said officers of the said exchequer, to pay, and they are hereby required to pay, the said sum or sums of money in the said execution mentioned, to the plaintiff or plaintiffs therein named, or their assigns, whose receipt shall be a sufficient discharge for the same; and that the said officers of the said Exchequer shall and may detain so much of the said yearly sum, so payable to the said corporation, as the said debt or debts shall amount unto.