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Though a certificate carries along with it no testimonial of good

behaviour, and certifies nothing but that the person belongs to

the parish to which he really does belong, it is altogether

discretionary in the parish officers either to grant or to refuse

it. A mandamus was once moved for, says Doctor Burn, to compel

the church-wardens and overseers to sign a certificate; but the

Court of King's Bench rejected the motion as a very strange

attempt.