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other vouchers to him produced; with a competent
knowledge of the legality of the several
probates adapted to each respective class; by
which classes, is to be understood the order,
wherein executors or administrators pay debts
due from the deceased, being generally divided
into four forts, the nature whereof, together
with their proper probates, I shall here regularly
set down; it being previously noticed, that
such debts are as due tot he king's majesty, his
heirs or successors, or to the lord proprietary,
his heirs or successors, are entitled to a preference
of all debts, when due for the proper
use and benefit of the king or proprietary only,
and not otherwise. Act of assembly 1729, Cap.
24, § 15.
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Debts due to
the king, or
lord proprietary. |
The proper vouchers whereof are, the judgment
or decree itself, or a short copy of such
judgment or decree under seal, attested by the
clerk of the said court, with the deposition of
the creditor taken before a magistrate,
" That he hath not received any part or parcel of
" the sum for which the judgment or decree was
" rendered, or any security or satisfaction for the
" same, except such part as is therein credited." |
Probate to
judgments. |
