If any judge refuses to grant the precept provided for in G.S. 17-19, he shall be liable to impeachment, and moreover shall forfeit to the party aggrieved twenty-five hundred dollars ($2,500).
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 17-20
Liability of judge refusing precept
1870-1, c. 221, s. 3; Code, s. 1641; Rev., s. 1838; C.S., s. 2222.
Official source: North Carolina General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain North Carolina statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.