State of...........

............County.

ss.

In the..........Court of........County.

..............Term, A. D. 19..

ATS.

...............

And the Defendant.. by..................................h..

attorney, come.. and defend.. the wrong and injury, when, etc., and say.. that . .h.. do. .not detain the said goods and chattels in the said declaration mentioned, or any or either of them, or any part thereof, in manner or form as the Plaintiff., ha., above thereof complained against ..h.., and of this . .h.., the Defendant.. put....................upon the country, etc.

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Attorney.. for Defendant., ss.