107  '^  .     At  Halifax  the  docket  of  continued  causes  shall  be  Dockets  of  con-
called  on  the  first  day  of  every  term,  and  the  docket  of  new  causes  new^u^sin
on  the  last  day  thereof,  at  or  shortly  after  the  opening  of  the  court,  Halifax,  when  to
and  the  plaintiff's  attorney  or  counsel,  when  a  cause  is  first  called,  required  to  an-
shall  be  required  to  state  whether  he  intends  to  try  the  same  at  the  jiTd'^gmen't!™'*
then  next  sittings,  and,  in  default  of  such  statement,  the  cause

shall  be  struck  out  of  the  docket ;  and  the  attorney  or  counsel
for  the  defendant  shall  be  required  to  state  whether  he  intends  de-
fending the  same,  and  in  default  of  such  statement  the  cause  shall
be  struck  out  of  the  docket,  and  judgment,  whether  interlocutory
or  otherwise,  may  be  entered  up  for  the  plaintiff,  and  further  pro-
ceedings had  as  if  no  plea  had  been  filed ;  but  the  court  or  a  judge,
upon  due  cause  shewn,  and  upon  such  terms  as  may  be  thought
proper,  may  order  any  cause  to  be  again  placed  on  the  docket  for
trial  as  if  it  had  not  been  called.
108  °  .     The  docket  of  causes  for  trial  shall  be  called  but  once,  Docket  to  be  caii-
both  at  the  sittings  in  Halifax  and  on  the  circuit.  ed  but  once.
