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CHANCERY.] PUBLIC GENERAL LAW.
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Power of the chancellor respecting the persons and estates of idiots,
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lunatics, &c. 1785, ch. 72, sec. 6, p. 211 ; 1790, ch. 60, sec. 2, .
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267
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Appointment of a trustee to make such sale 1785, ch. 72, sec. 7,
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212
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Manner of decreeing sale, &c. 1785, ch. 72, sec. 8, p. 212 ; 1785, ch.
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72, sec. 9, ...........
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213
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Power of the chancellor respecting trustees appointed by last will and
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testament 1795, ch. 72, sec. 10, ......
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213
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Power of the chancellor respecting the recording of deeds not recorded
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agreeably to law 1786, ch. 72, sec. 10, 11, p. 213 ; 1791, eh. 79,
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p. 284; 1792, ch. 41, sec. 3, .......
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287
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The chancellor may direct the sale of lands, &c. in which an infant,
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idiot, or person non compos mentis, may have a joint interest, or
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interest in common with other persons, or where a contract has
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been made for such lands 1785, ch. 72, sec. 12,
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214
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Where a decree is made for a conveyance, release, or acquittance, and
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the party neglects or refuses to comply, such decree to have the
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same effect as if the conveyance, &c. had been executed agreeably
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to such decree 1785, ch. 72, sec. 13, .
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215
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On commissions for taking testimony, the parties, and their attorneys
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or agents, have a right to be present, and to hear the interrogatories
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read, and to have copies of them before the examination of a wit-
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ness - 1785, ch. 72, sec. 14, .......
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215
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Power of the commissioners to adjourn 1785, ch. 72, sec. 14, .
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215
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Allowance to the commissioners payable by the parties, and to be taxed
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as costs 1785, ch. 72, sec. 15, p. 216; 1818, ch. 193, sec. 3, .
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700
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Same as to witnesses 1785, ch. 72, sec. 16,
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216
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Appointment and duty of the auditor for the chancery court 1785,
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ch. 72, sec. 17, ..... .
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217
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His allowance to be taxed in the costs 1785, ch. 72, sec. 17, .
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217
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Manner of compelling payment 1785, ch. 72, sec. 18, . .
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217
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Process to compel the appearance and answer of persons of full age
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1785, ch. 72, sec. 19, ........
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217
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Proceedings to compel an answer, after the appearance, by the fourth
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clay of the next term, and to compel an appearance and answer
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1785, ch. 72, sec. 20, p. 218; 1799, ch. 79, sec. 2, p. 418; sec. 5,
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419
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The defendant may exhibit interrogatories to the plaintiff, which he
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shall answer in writing upon oath 1785, ch. 72, sec. 21,
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219
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Such answer shall be evidence to the same effect, Sic. as the defen-
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dant's answer to the plaintiff's bill 1785, ch. 72, sec. 21, .
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219
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The power and process shall be the same to compel an answer to such
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interrogatories by the plaintiff, as to compel an answer by the de-
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fendant to the plaintiff's bill 1785, ch. 72, sec. 21, .
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219
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To enforce obedience to the process, &c. of the court of chancery,
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every person in contempt for disobedience, &c. shall, before he is
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released, pay to the register (to be accounted for by him,) a fine not
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exceeding £10, and be committed till the said process is obeyed
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and the fine paid 1785, ch. 72, sec. 22, .. .
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220
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Sheriffs, coroners, &c. directed and authorized to execute any process
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