Money charged upon land and legacies to be deemed satisfied at the end of 12 years if no interest paid nor acknowledgment given
32 Money charged upon land and legacies to be deemed satisfied at the end of 12 years if no interest paid nor acknowledgment given
No action or suit or other proceeding shall be brought to recover any sum of money secured by any mortgage, judgment, or lien, or otherwise charged upon or payable out of any land or rent, at law or in equity, or any legacy, but within 12 years next after a present right to receive the same shall have accrued to some person capable of giving a discharge for or release of the same; unless in the meantime some part of the principal money, or some interest thereon, shall have been paid, or some acknowledgment of the right thereto shall have been given in writing signed by the person by whom the same shall be payable, or his agent, to the person entitled thereto, or his agent; and in such case no such action or suit or proceeding shall be brought but within 12 years after such payment or acknowledgment or the last of such payments or acknowledgments (if more than one) was made or given.
This section extends to an action or suit on a covenant by a mortgagor in a mortgage deed, or on a collateral bond by the mortgagor securing the mortgage debt; and to an action on a covenant in a deed to secure the payment of a rent charge.
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