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Alexander's British statutes in force in Maryland. 2d ed., 1912
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25 GEO. 2, CAP. 6, ATTESTATION. 1041
Majesty, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Lords
Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parlia-
ment assembled, and by the Authority of the same, That if
any Person shall attest the Execution of any Will or Codocil
which shall be made after the twenty-fourth Day of June in the
Year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and fifty-two,
to whom any beneficial Devise, Legacy, Estate, Interest, Gift,
or Appointment of or affecting any Real or Personal Estate,
other than and except Charges on Lands, Tenements or Hered-
itaments for Payment of any Debt or Debts, shall be thereby
given or made, such Devise, Legacy, Estate, Interest, Gift or
•Appointment, shall, so far only as concerns such Per- 782
son attesting the Execution of such Will or Codicil, or any
Person claiming under him, be utterly null and void; and such
Person shall be admitted as a Witness to the Execution of
such Will or Codicil, within the Intent of the said Act; not-
withstanding such Devise, Legacy, Estate, Interest, Gift or
Appointment mentioned in such Will or Codicil.
II. And be it further enacted by the Authority aforesaid,
That, in case, by any Will or Codicil already made or here-
after to be made, any Lands, Tenements or Hereditaments, are
or shall be charged with any Debt or Debts; and any Cred-
itor whose Debt is so charged, hath attested or shall attest the
Execution of such Will or Codicil, every such Creditor, not-
withstanding such Charge, shall be admitted as a Witness to
the Execution of such Will or Codicil, within the Intent of
the said Act.
III. And be it further enacted by the Authority aforesaid,
That if any Person hath attested the Execution of any Will or
Codicil already made, or shall attest the Execution of any Will
or Codicil which shall be made on or before the said twenty-
fourth Day of June, in the Year of our Lord one thousand
seven hundred and fifty-two, to whom any Legacy or Bequest
is or shall be thereby given, whether charged upon Lands,
Tenements or Hereditaments or not; and such Person, before
he shall give his Testimony concerning the Execution of any
such Will or Codicil, shall have been paid, or have accepted
or released, or shall have refused to accept such Legacy or
Bequest, upon Tender made thereof; such Person shall be
admitted as a Witness to the Execution of such Will or Codicil,

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