Attachment of Goods (Ireland) Act, 1850

Power to defendant to get seized goods appraised, and give bail to double the amount of the appraisement.

6. Provided always, that it shall be lawful for any defendant to procure the goods which shall have been seized under an attachment, and before the removal thereof, to be appraised, (the appraisement to be made by such person or persons, and in such manner, and within such time, as the court shall by any general or special order direct,) and the expences of such appraisement shall be defrayed in the first instance by the defendant, but shall be costs in the cause, and abide the event of the suit; and in case the goods seized shall amount in value to less than the sum for which the attachment issued, it shall be sufficient for the defendant to give special bail (in double the amount of the appraised value of the goods) to pay all such debt, damages, expences, and costs, as shall be adjudged in such cause to the plaintiff against the defendant, or to render the body of the defendant into the custody of the marshal of the Marshalsea of the Four Courts of the City of Dublin, in case such action shall be pending in the said court of the borough of Dublin, or other prison, as herein-after provided, of the court out of which such attach ment shall issue, as the case may be.