Civil Bill Courts (Ireland) Act, 1851

Wearing apparel, bedding, and tools of debtors to the value of 5l. not to be seized in execution under civil bill.

125. [Recital.] The wearing apparel and bedding of any debtor in Ireland, and the tools and implements of his trade or business, the value of such apparel, bedding, tools, and implements not exceeding in the whole the value of five pounds, shall not be liable to seizure under any decree, dismiss, or order of any civil bill court against his goods and chattels: Provided always, that whether the value of such apparel, bedding, tools, and implements shall or shall not exceed the value of rive pounds, they shall, to an extent not exceeding five pounds in value, be protected from such seizure as aforesaid.