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1495 Act 11 Henry VII c. 24 §1 in Statutes of Realm (1816) II. 588 In the same atteynte there shalbe awarded ageynst..the party..som[ons] and resom[ons] and distres infynyte.

1534 G. Ferrers tr. Bk. Magna Carta f. 88 If the defendaunt dye before the plee be tryed.., the plee shall passe by resomons betwene the playntyf his heyres or executours, and the executours of the defendaunt.

?1592 J. Manwood Brefe Coll. Lawes Forest 85 The plees may be reuiued againe by the kings writ of resommons.

1641 Rastell's Termes de la Ley (new ed.) f. 243^v Resummons is a second summons of a man to answer to an action where the first summons is defeated by the demise of the King, or such other cause.

1671 F. Philipps Regale Necessarium 401 Whereupon by advice of the Judges a resummons was granted.

1721 G. Jacob Treat. Laws iii. 433 If the Tenant does not appear when he is demanded, a Resummons shall be awarded.

1777 Laws respecting Women iii. iii. 340 The plaintiff..shall have a re-summons, or re-attachment upon his original, according to the nature of his writ.

1814 T. Starkie Treat. Criminal Pleading I. xvi. 280 Upon such a discontinuance the ancient practice was to award a re-summons or re-attachment.

1865 F. M. Nichols tr. Britton II. 92 Neither does a resummons ever lie after an essoin.

1937 Eng. Hist. Rev. 52 45 Whatever might have been thought of the original summons, the writs for the resummons appeared.

1956 Speculum 31 100 Instead of the resummons of the lesser knights through the sheriffs, the fifty-pound land-holders of most counties were now summoned.

1996 Federal Reporter 102 1245 At least the provision for resummons and reinsertion in the jury wheel seems to assume a generic excuse.