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Art.
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Sec.
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Inheritance:
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(See Dower.)
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Descents:
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Adopted child ; property of ...... 16
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81
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Child legitimated by marriage of
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parents and acknowledgment
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of father to inherit and trans-
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mit inheritance ............ 46
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How lands descend ............. 46
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1
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Illegitimate children; rights of
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inheritance of; persons capa-
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ble of inheriting from ....... 46
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7
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Infants, property in remainder..... 16
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76
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Trustee having no beneficial in-
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terest ..................... 46
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5
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Division and Election:
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Bond, of person electing to take
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estate, to other parties ...... 46
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Conditions of bond ........... 46
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Lien on lands until wholly paid 46
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Payments thereunder ........ 46
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Sureties on ; approval of ...... 46
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Commissioners to make division
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of intestate's lands:
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Compensation of ; per diem
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payable by parties interested ;
per diem allowable by circuit
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court for Baltimore County. 46
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40
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Majority, upon qualification,
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may act ................... 46
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9
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Number of ; oath of .......... 46
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8
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Vacancies; filling of; powers of
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new commissioners ........ 46
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When and what court may ap-
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point ...................... 46
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S
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Division where estate cannot be
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divided equally and fairly ... 46
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15
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Division into separate parcels
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in such cases.............. 46
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Valuation of such parcels... 46
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Parties interested to select such
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parcels at valuation named in
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order of right of election .... 46
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Election; who and when entitled
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to:
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Deed to person electing to take
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land ; prerequisites ; persons
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to execute; petition for; ef-
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fect of deed ................. 46
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41,45
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Eldest son, etc., to have election
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to take estate and pay others
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their proportions in money ... 46
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Election or refusal may be in
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writing attested, or made in
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open court ................. 46
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Husband may elect to take in
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right of wife ................ 46
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If eldest male be minor, eldest
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female, if of age, may elect... 46
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If person entitled to elect be
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non compos or disqualified,
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right to pass to next person
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entitled to elect ............ 46
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Next eldest child, etc., to elect
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if eldest refuses, and so on to
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youngest entitled ........... 46
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Notice to absent or non-resident
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heir failing to appear and
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elect ....................... 46
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Art.
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Sec.
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Inheritance —— Cont'd :
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Division and Election — Cont'd:
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Election; who and when entitled
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to — Cont'd:
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Proceedings of, where estate
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consists of things indivisible. 46
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Return where partition and
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allotment cannot be made
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without loss or injury to all
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parties ................... 46
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Requirements for such return 46
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Rights of third party entitled
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to interest of heir to elect as
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to such share and invoke pro-
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ceedings for such election ... 46
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Proceedings of commissioners
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when equitable division prac-
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ticable :
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Allotment of lands or houses
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susceptible of division, to
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parties interested ........... 46
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Fees and expenses of proceed-
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ings of ; by whom payable ... 46
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40
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Guardian for interested minor
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appointed by court.......... 46
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Notice of execution of commis-
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sion; how, when and where
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given .................... 46
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Prima facie evidence notice
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given, what is ............. 46
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To non-resident parties inter-
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ested; how, when and
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where given .............. 46
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Partition between all parties in-
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terested according to their
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just proportion ............. 46
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Return of proceedings after
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partition and allotment ... 46
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Appeal from allowed......... 46
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Appeal to court of appeals
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from .................... 46
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New proceedings if rejected. 46
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Not set aside for matters of
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form .................... 46
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Ratification or rejection of ... 46
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Recording of; binding force
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of ....................... 46
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Survey for purposes of division 46
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Surveyor employed by; per
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diem of ................. 46
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To ascertain value of estate and
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if susceptible of equitable
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division ................... 46
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Sales by Commissioners :
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Bond to State for use of inter-
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ested parties ............. 46
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Condition of such bond..... 46
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Lien of .................... 46
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Penalty of such bond ....... 46
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Suits thereon .............. 46
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Bonds from purchasers where
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sale on credit; require-
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ments for ................ 46
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Lien of such bonds .......... 46
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Payable to each representa-
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tive according to his pro-
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portional part ........... 46
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