Chap. XVII
But, if the Purchaser should call an uncertain Warrantor, in such case, if he have sufficient proof of its being a lawful purchase, that shall discharge him from the Felony.406 Yet it shall not protect him from the loss, I mean, of the thing in question. But, if upon this point he has not a sufficient suit, he is in danger.
Debts arising either from a purchase or a borrowing are usually substantiated by the general mode of proof in Court; in other words, either by a Writing, or by Duel.