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Proviso in case of Acknowledgment in Writing, or by Part Payment.
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V. Provided always, That if any Acknowledgment shall have been made, either by Writing signed by the Party liable by virtue of such Indenture, Specialty, or Recognizance, or his Agent, or by Part Payment or Part Satisfaction on account of any Principal or Interest being then due thereon, it shall and may be lawful for the Person or Persons entitled to such Actions to bring his or their Action for the Money remaining unpaid and so acknowledged to be due within Twenty Years after such Acknowledgment by Writing or Part Payment or Part Satisfaction as aforesaid, or in case the Person or Persons entitled to such Action shall at the Time of such Acknowledgment be under such Disability as aforesaid, or the Party making such Acknowledgment be, at the Time of making the same, beyond the Seas, then within Twenty Years after such Disability shall have ceased as aforesaid, or the Party shall have returned from beyond Seas, as the Case may be; and the Plaintiff or Plaintiffs in any such Action, or any Indenture, Specialty, or Recognizance, may, by way of Replication, state such Acknowledgment, and that such Action was brought within the Time aforesaid, in answer to a Plea of this Statute.
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