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Sheriffs to give information to the grand juries of persons who have

failed to comply with the provisions of the license laws. Grand

juries to make presentments of the delinquents — 1834, ch. 232,

sec. 1, ....... ....

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Attorney-general or his deputies, to proceed against them as in other

presentments) and to subpoena witnesses, living in the neighbour-

hood to testify against them on their trial, and on their conviction

the court to punish them by fine or imprisonment, or both — 1834,

ch. 232, ...........

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Grand jury before presentment, to be satisfied that the party has failed

to comply with the law, within the last six months — 1839, ch. 57,

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LIEN.

Directions as to liens on the property of insolvent debtors — 1809, ch.

150, sec. 6, ..........

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How far mortgages shall operate as a lien — 1825, ch. 50, .

825

Judgments rendered by magistrates' courts, not to be considered as, on

lands, tenements, hereditaments, &c. — 1830, ch. 330, sec. 3, .

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LIFE ESTATE.

See DEVISEE.

LIMITATION OF ACTIONS.

All actions of trespass quare clausum fregit, trespass, detinue, trover or

replevin for taking away goods and chattels, actions of account, con-

tract, debt, book or upon the case, (except such accounts as concern

merchant and merchant, their factors and servants, who are not resi-

dents here,) actions of debt for lending, or contract without spe-

cialty, and actions of debt for arrearages of rent, shall be sued

within three years ensuing the cause thereof — 1715, ch. 23, sec. 2,

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Actions on the case for words, actions of trespass, of assault and bat-

tery, wounding and imprisonment, or any of them, shall be sued

within one year ensuing the cause thereof — 1715, ch. 23, sec. 2, .

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Persons being at the time of such cause accruing within the age of

twenty-one years, feme covert, non compos mentis, imprisoned, or

beyond the seas, may bring such actions within the respective times

limited after such disabilities are removed — 1715, ch. 23, sec. 3, .

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No person absenting himself from the state, or removing from county

to county, after any debt contracted, so that his creditors cannot

with certainty find his person or effects, shall have any benefit of

such limitations — 1715, ch. 23, sec. 4, .....

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No person so absent at the time when the cause of action accrues

shall have any benefit of such limitation, provided that such action

be commenced after the presence of the person liable, within the

time limited by the act of 1715, ch. 23 — November, 1765, ch. 12,

sec. 2,3, ...........

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This act not to prejudice persons removing from one county to another

for convenience, or leaving the state, leaving effects sufficient, &c.

1715, ch. 23, sec. 5, .........

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