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2518 INDEX TO THE [CHANCERY
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FINES AND FORFEITURES.
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For every contempt incurred in chancery, there shall be paid to the
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register, (and be accounted for) a fine not exceeding £10 — 1785,
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ch. 72, sec. 22, ..........
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220
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A fine to be ordered and enforced against sheriffs for not bringing in
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persons taken by them — 1785, ch, 72, sec. 23,
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220
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For refusing, neglecting, or delaying to make returns of process not ex-
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ceeding £10— 1785, ch. 72, sec. 24, ......
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222
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The officer, &.c. neglecting to return a writ of habeas corpus, Sec. to for-
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feit to the prisoner $500, and the right of action not to cease by
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death, &c.— 1809, 125, sec. 3, .......
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570
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A fine not exceeding $50 imposed on sheriffs on failure to return pro-
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cess issued from the county courts as courts of equity, &.c. — 1815,
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ch. 163, sec. 7, ..........
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635
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The clerk or register of any court of justice refusing to make up and
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complete his records, Sic. to forfeit a sum not exceeding $100 for
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every offence, &c.— 1817, ch. 119, sec. 7, p. 666; sec. 9,
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667
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FOREIGNERS.
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Mortgages made to foreigners tor money lent, to be good and valid —
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1831, ch. 58, sec. 2, .........
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186
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Proceedings against them when mortgagors — 1785, ch. 72, sec. 29,
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225
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GAOLS.
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Power of the chancellor to commit to the gaols therein mentioned —
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1785, ch. 72, sec. 33, ........
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227
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GUARDIANS.
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No part of the real estate of infants to be diminished by guardians with-
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out the consent and approbation of the chancellor, as well as the
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orphans court — 1798, ch. 101, sub ch. 12, sec. 10, ...
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405
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Nothing in this act to affect the general superintending power of the
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chancery court, with respect to trusts — 1798, ch. 101, sub ch. 12,
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sec. 16, ...........
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406
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Proceeds of sales to be paid over by trustees to guardians to he invested
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under the directions of the orphans court — 1816, ch. 151, sec. 5, .
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645
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Surplus interest to be invested as aforesaid — 1816, ch. 154, sec. 6, .
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645
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Upon petition of guardians for the sale of the real estate of infants,
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courts to issue commission, &.c. to ascertain the real value of the
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lands, &c.— 1818, ch. 133, sec. 2, ......
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693
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In case of lands descending to minors residing out of the state, court to
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issue commission to appoint guardian (on bill being filed,) to defend
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the suit, &c.— 1818, ch. 193, sec. 12, ......
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701
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IDIOTS, INFANTS AND LUNATICS.
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Respecting the sale of lands, &c. in which infants have a joint interest,
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or interest in common with other persons — 1785, ch. 72, sec. 12,
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214
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