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2778 INDEX TO THE
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It shall not be considered as the duty of an executor or administrator
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to avail himself of the act of limitation, to bar what he supposes to
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be a just claim, but the same shall be left to his honesty and dis-
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cretion— 1798, ch. 101, sub ch. 9, sec. 9, .....
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396
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FLENB ADMINISTRAVIT.
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The insufficiency of assets to be pleaded by executors and adminis-
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trators — 1802, ch. 101, ........
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471
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VARIANCE.
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Between the writ and declaration not a cause for stay or reversal —
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1809, ch. 153, ..........
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590
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See Amendment — Appeal.
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Where persons indicted for treason or felony stand mute, &c. the trial
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to proceed as if they had pleaded not guilty — 1809, ch. 138,
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sec. 12, ...........
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583
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In suits which by law are not to abate by the death of either of the
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parties, where a declaration is filed before the death of the plain-
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tiff, further proceedings may be had thereon, but the executor, &c.
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may after appearance have liberty to amend as the plaintiff might —
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1815, ch. 149, sec. 3, .........
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632
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To amend the law in relation to defendants in any action of debt, &c.
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brought on any bond with a collateral condition, in any court, &.c.
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where the declaration of the plaintiff does not disclose the particu-
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lars of the plaintiff's demand, may plead by way of rejoinder, to
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any replication in such case, with leave of court, &c. as many seve-
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ral matters in several rejoinders as he may deem necessary — 1829,
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ch. 220, ...........
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994
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No special pleading required in magistrates' courts — 1835, ch. 205,
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sec. 19, ...........
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1208
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POINTERS.
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Persons injuring or destroying any indexes or pointers erected on any
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public roads liable to a fine not exceeding $5 for each offence —
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1825, ch. 59, sec. 1, .........
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827
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The informer made a competent witness — 1825, ch. 59, sec. 2, .
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827
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POSTHUMOUS CHILDREN.
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See DESCENTS.
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PREFERENCE.
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After judgments and decrees and rent, all other just claims against the
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estate of a deceased person shall be admitted to a distribution on an
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equal footing, without priority or preference — 1798, ch. 101, sub
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ch. 8, sec. 17, ..........
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See Orphans Court — Insolvent Debtors.
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