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No cause heard unless proof on oath of summons served on defendant 24 hours before.
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V. Provided always, That no such cause shall be heard, or decree pronounced, until it shall be proved upon oath before the said president or his deputy for the time being, by some person of the age of sixteen years and upwards, that the defendant or one of his or her family, were served at their place of abode, with a summons in writing twenty four hours previous to the hearing and determining of such cause.
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