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782 3 W. & M. CAP. 14, FRAUDULENT DEVISES. meats, to be made after the Five and twentieth Day of March, in the year of our Lord God One thousand six hundred ninety and two, shall be deemed and taken (only as against such Creditor or Creditors as aforesaid, his, her, and their Heirs, Successors, Executors, Administrators, and Assigns, and every of them) to be fraudulent, and clearly, absolutely, 574* and utterly void, frustrate, and of none effect; any pre- tence, colour, feigned, or presumed Consideration, or any other Matter or Thing to the contrary notwithstanding. III. And for the means that such Creditors may be enabled to recover their said Debts, be it further enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That in the Cases before mentioned, every such Creditor shall and may have and maintain his, her, and their Action and Actions of Debt, upon his, her, and their said Bonds and Specialties, against the Heir and Heirs at Law of such Obligor or Obligors, and such Devisee and Devisees, jointly by virtue of this Act; and such Devisee or Devisees shall be liable and chargeable for a false Plea by him or them pleaded, in the same manner as any Heir should have been for any false Plea by him pleaded, or for not confessing the Lands or Tenements to him descended. IV. Provided always, and be it enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That where there hath been, or shall be any Limi- tation or Appointment, Devise or Disposition, of or concerning any Manors, Messuages, Lands, Tenements, or Hereditaments, for the raising or payment of any real and just Debt or Debts, or any Portion or Portions, Sum or Sums of Money for any Child or Children of any Person, other than the Heir at Law, according to, or in pursuance of, any Marriage Contract or Agreement in Writing, bona fide, made before such Marriage, the same and every of them shall be in full force; and the same Manors, Messuages, Lands, Tenements, and Hereditaments, shall and may be holden and enjoyed by every such Person or Persons. his, her, and their Heirs, Executors, Administrators, and As- signs, for •whom the said Limitation, Appointment, Devise, or Disposition -was made, and by his, her, and their Trustee or Trustees, his, her, and their Heirs, Executors, Administrators, and Assigns, for such Estate or Interest as shall be so limited or appointed, devised or disposed, until such Debt or Debts, Por- tion or Portions, shall be raised, paid, and satisfied; any thing in this Act contained to the contrary notwithstanding. |
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Alexander's British statutes in force in Maryland. 2d ed., 1912
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