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partner; and every judgment confessed, lien created, or security
given by such partnership, under the like circumstances, and with
the like intent, shall be void as against the creditors of such
partnership.

16. Every such sale, assignment, or transfer of any of the
property of a general or special partner, made by such general
or special partner when insolvent, or in contemplation of in-
solvency, or after or in contemplation of the insolvency of the
partnership, with intent of giving to any creditor of his own, or
of the partnership, a preference over the creditors of the partner-
ship; and every judgment confessed or lien created, or security
given, by any such partner under like circumstances, and with
the like intent, shall be void as against the creditors of the
partnership.

17. Every special partner, who shall violate any of the pro-
visions of the two last preceding sections, or who shall concur in
or assent to any such violation by the partnership, or by any
individual partner, shall be liable as a general partner.

18. In case of the insolvency or bankruptcy of the partnership,
no special partner shall, under any circumstances, be allowed to
claim as a creditor, until the claims of all the other creditors of
the partnership shall be satisfied.

19. All suits respecting the business of the partnership shall be
brought by and against the general partners only, except in
those cases in which provision is hereinbefore made, that special
partners shall be deemed general partners, and special partner-
ships general partnerships; when all persons so becoming general
partners may be joined with those originally general partners in
any suit brought against such partnership, and except also the
case provided for in section eleven of this article.

20. If in any case a suit shall be brought against general and
special partners, and at the trial of the cause it shall appear that
the special partners, or any of them, are not liable to the writ of
the plaintiff, the court may proceed to judgment or decree
against the partners who may appear to be liable, in the same
manner as if such partners were the only parties defendants to
the writ; excepting that the partners who may be deemed not
liable, shall recover their legal costs against the plaintiff, and
such additional costs as the court may deem reasonable; and if a