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APPEALS
If any person be dissatisfied with, or think themselves aggrieved
by the judgment of a monthly meeting, they may, after a copy of the
testimony is delivered to them, notify the first or second meeting (but
no other) of their intention of appealing to the ensuing quarterly meet-
ing: which notification the monthly meeting should enter on its minutes,
and appoint four or more Friends, to attend the quarterly meeting with
that, and copies of the minutes of the mens or womens meeting, relative
to the case, signed by the clerk, or clerks, there to show the reasons
whereon that judgment was founded, and submitting it to the said
meeting. The quarterly meeting is then to refer the same to a solid
committee of Friends (omitting those of the monthly meeting from which
the appeal comes) and to confirm or reverse the said judgment as, on
impartial deliberation, shall appear to be right, taking care to inform
the parties of the result.
If such appellant is dissatisfied with the judgment of a quarterly
meeting also; and, on being informed thereof, shall notify that or the
next (but not afterwards) of their intention to apply to the yearly
meeting for a further hearing, the said quarterly meeting, after
recording such notification, is in like manner to appoint at least three
Friends, to attend the yearly meeting with copies of the records of both
the monthly and quarterly meetings in the case, signed by their clerks;
here it is to be finally determined, and a copy of the determination is
to be sent to the meeting from which the appeal came.