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COURT.] PUBLIC GENERAL LAW.
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Executor and administrator may within one year return a list of debts
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due from the deceased, and a similar return every six months there-
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after— 1820, ch. 174, sec. 7, .......
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List so returned, not to be construed as admission of the justice of the
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debt by the administrator or executor, or to take the same out of
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the operation of limitations — 1820, ch. 174, . .
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740
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Justices of the peace may exercise jurisdiction in cases where execu-
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tor or administrator are plaintiff or defendant— 1819, ch. 167,
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If they allege on oath that they have no assets, proceedings are to be
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staid by the justice, and remitted to the county court — 1819, ch. 167,
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720
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Executors may supersede and stay execution, supersedeas as binding
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as if for a debt of his own— 1820, ch 80, .
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Claimants against a deceased estate, and whose claims ore known to
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the executor or administrator, refusing or neglecting to bring in
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their claims after notice given as is required by law, shall be in the
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same situation as if the claims were unknown — 1823, ch. 131,
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The right of appeal from the judgment of a justice of the peace ex-
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tended to executors and administrators, and their mode of proceed-
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ing pointed out — 1834, ch. 105, .......
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In slating the account by them ; on one side, shall be stated the assets,
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inventories, and account of sales — 1798, ch. 101, sub ch. 10, sec. 1,
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On the other side shall be stated the disbursements — 1798, ch. 101,
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sub ch. 10, sec. 1, ...... ...
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Accounts of administrator and executor to he returned every six months
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after the first— 1798, ch. 101, sub ch. 10, sec. 3, .
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Suits to be brought for sperate debts within six months — 1793, ch. 101,
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sub ch. 10, sec. 4, .........
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Not answerable for sperate debts — 1798, ch. 101, sub ch. 10, sec. 4, .
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After paying debts, to deliver up and distribute the residue — 1798, ch.
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101, sub ch. 10, sec. 10, ........
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Court may order a part of the estate to be delivered to those entitled,
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upon taking bond with security — 1798, ch. 101, sub ch. 10, sec. 7,
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399
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The like power as to specific legacies — 1798, ch. 101, sub ch. 10, aec. 8,
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Failing to return an account, his letters may be revoked — 1798, ch.
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101, sub ch. 10, sec. 9, ........
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May retain for a contingency, under the direction of the court — 1798,
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ch. 101, sub ch. 10, sec. 11, .......
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The court may order and direct executors and administrators to bring
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money into court, and invest the same — 1831, ch. 315, sec. 5,
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The mode of proceeding to enforce their decree to do so — 1831, ch.
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315, sec. 5, ..........
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Where an executor is directed to sell the real estate, he may do so,
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and must account for the profits— 1831, ch. 315, sec. 10,
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The sale subject to ratification— 1831, ch. 315, sec. 10,
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Executor or administrator may, when they apprehend concealment of
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property, file petition against the person suspected— 1831, ch. 316,
sec. 12, ...........
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When executors or administrators are suspected, petition may be filed
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against them — 1831, ch. 315, sec. 13, ......
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