LICENCE.

Creditor to
Debtor.

Creditors will not molest debtor.

If any creditor

sue his debt to be void.

Licence will

operate as a re

said (debtor) shall so long live. AND FURTHER (1), that we the said creditors, for ourselves respectively, and our respective heirs, executors, administrators, partners and assigns, but not jointly or for each other, or for the heirs, executors, administrators or assigns of each other, do, and each of us doth covenant and grant with and to the said (debtor), his executors and administrators, that we or any or either of us, our heirs, executors, administrators, partners or assigns, each of us covenanting severally as aforesaid, shall not, nor will, during the time or period aforesaid, sue, arrest, attach or prosecute the said (debtor), for or on account of our, or any or either of our said respective debts or demands or any part thereof. AND MOREOVER, that if any such action, arrest, attachment or prosecution aforesaid, be prosecuted or commenced against the said (debtor), either in his person, goods or chattels, within the said term or period, by us or any of us, or by any other person or persons by or through our or either of our procurement or consent, contrary to the true intent and meaning of these presents, then the said (debtor), by virtue hereof, shall be thenceforth and for ever acquitted, exonerated and discharged both at law and in equity, of and from all and every the debts, claims and demands whatsoever, owing to such of us the said creditors, our respective heirs, executors, administrators or assigns, by whom or by whose order, means or procurement, he the said (debtor), his goods, chattels, monies, estates or effects, shall be so arrested, imprisoned, attached or damnified, and this present letter of licence in any or either of the said cases shall be and operate as a release of, and may be pleaded in bar to the same debts, claims and demands, and to any such action, attachment, arrest, prosecution or process as aforesaid. IN WITNESS, &c.

(1) This agreement, that if any of the creditors sue within the time limited, the debt of the creditor so suing shall be forfeited, will operate lease, if creditor as a release of the debt of such creditor; for the words "shall be forfeited," make an absolute defeazance upon a suit commenced.

sue.

Stamp.

Deed stamp if under seal, but agreement stamp if under hand only.

No. CCCLXXVII.

A Licence by Patentee, to make and vend Patent Goods, &c.

LICENCE.

By Patentee (to sell).

day of

years,

NOW KNOW

WITNESS,

&c.

TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, (the patentee) of, &c. sendeth greeting. WHEREAS the said (patentee) hath obtained letters patent from his present Most Gracious Majesty, bearing date the for the sole and exclusive benefit and advantage of making and vending certain in the said letters patent set forth, for the term of from the date thereof. AND WHEREAS, for the purpose of extending the sale of the said invention the said (patentee) hath agreed to permit (the licencee) of, &c. to make, sell, and dispose of the same upon the terms and conditions hereinafter mentioned. YE, that he the said (patentee) HATH given and granted, and by Patentee grants, these presents, under his hand and seal (1) DoтH give and grant unto the said (licencee), full and free licence, liberty and permission to make, sell, and dispose of in the said letters patent mentioned or referred to, under and according to the specification thereof, enrolled in his Majesty's High Court of Chancery. PRO- No assignment VIDED ALWAYS, nevertheless, and these presents are upon this express condition, that if the said (licencee) do, or shall assign over, or in anywise give or transfer the licence hereby given, or the benefit thereof, or of any part thereof, to any person or persons whomsoever, without the consent in writing of the said (patentee), his executors or administrators, these presents, and every thing herein contained shall cease and be utterly void to all intents and purposes whatsoever. IN WITNESS whereof the said (patentee) hath hereunto set his hand and seal, this day of

(1) It is usually required by the patent, that the licence of the patentee shall be under his hand and seal; it follows that it will require a deed stamp.

without licence.

LICENCE.

By Patentee

(use Machine).

No. CCCLXXVIII.

*A Licence from a Patentee or his Assigns, by Indenture, to use a Patent Machine and make and sell Patent Goods, &c.

THIS INDENTURE made the

day of

in the

WITNESS.

Patentee grants

licence, reserving, &c.

FURTHER
WITNESS.

Licencee cove-
nants to pay.

year, &c. and in the year of our Lord 18

, BETWEEN (pa

tentee or his assignee) of, &c. of the one part, and (licencee) of, &c.
of the other part. WHEREAS, &c. [recite shortly the patent and as-
signment, if any.] Now THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH, and the
said (patentee) for himself, his heirs, executors, and administrators,
doth hereby covenant and agree with and to the said (licencee), his
executors and administrators, that he the said (licencee), his executors
and administrators, shall have licence and authority during the con-
tinuance of the said letters patent of the
during the term of

day of
, [or
years (as the case may be)], to use and
which shall be made or

work and to vend and sell the
manufactured from the machine specified in the said letters patent,
for his and their benefit and advantage, saving and reserving unto
the said (patentee), his exccutors and administrators, and all persons
who shall be duly licensed by him, the power to use and work the
same or like machine, and to sell the
made therefrom, and
all other powers, authorities, libertics, and privileges granted and re-
served by the said letters patent to the said (patentee), his exccu-
tors, administrators, and assigns, and reserving and retaining the sole
right of suing, at law or equity, all infringements of the said letters
patent, and of receiving and recovering, for his own and sole use, all
damages and costs to be awarded and recovered in any and every
such suit or action. AND THIS INDENTURE FURTHER WITNESSETH,
that the said (licencee) for himself, his heirs, executors, and ad-
ministrators, doth hereby covenant and agree with and to the said
(patentee), his executors, administrators, and assigns, in the manner
following, (that is to say) that he the said (licencee), his executors
or administrators, shall and will pay to the said (patentee), his ex-

ecutors, administrators, and assigns, during the continuance of these
at such place or
presents, the yearly rent or sum of £
places as he or they shall appoint, by four equal quarterly payments,
on the, &c. in every year, during the continuance of the said licence.
AND that in case any of the said quarterly payments shall be in
arrear for the space of
after the same shall be payable,
it shall be lawful for the said (patentee), his executors or adminis-
trators, to enter the place or places where such machine shall be kept,
and distrain and sell the same, and all the

LICENCE.

By Patentee (use Machine).

tress.

or materials Power of disbelonging to the said (licencee), his executors or administrators, in or about the place or places where such machine shall be kept, in the same manner as landlords may distrain for rent in arrear; and that he the said (licencee) shall not remove the same machine without giving in every case fourteen days' notice in writing to the said (patentee), his executors, administrators, or assigns, specifying the place to which the same shall be about to be removed; and that the said (licencee), his executors or administrators, shall not make, use, work, or possess than such as are for use, any other machine for making licensed by the said (patentee), his executors, administrators, or assigns, and that it shall be lawful for him or his agents (not being mechanics) at any time to enter any place where such machine shall be or ought to be kept, for the purpose of ascertaining whether the same be there or not; and that the said (licencee), his executors and administrators, shall use his and their utmost endeavours to detect all infringements on the said patent, and assist the said (patentee) in prosecuting the same: That in case the said letters patent, or such therein contained as shall be necessary to support this present. licence, shall be set aside by any legal proceedings, or in case the said (licencee), his executors or administrators, shall give three calendar months' notice, cnding on one of the quarterly days aforesaid, to vacate these presents, then this indenture shall cease, except as to said (patentee) recovering any arrears of quarterly payments, or any Revocation. damages for breach of covenants herein contained: That in case any of the quarterly payments shall be in arrear fourteen days, and sufficient distress cannot be had for recovery thereof, or if said (licencee), his executors or administrators, shall fail in performance of any of the covenants herein contained, it shall be lawful for the said (patentee), his exccutors, administrators, or assigns, to revoke and annul these presents, by giving one week's notice in writing to said (licencee), his executors or administrators, to that effect, at his or their last or usual place of abode, but subject and without prejudice

LICENCE.

By Patentee (use Machine).

to the recovery of such arrears, or of any damages for breach of covenants on his or their part. PROVIDED, &c. [reference of disputes to arbitration (1).] IN WITNESS, &c.

(1) See ante, Vol. I. p. 27.