INDEX

		Art.	Sec.
	Justices of the Peace — Cont'd:
	Peddlers selling without license;
	jurisdiction; penalty ........	56	28
	Powers in prosecutions under "Des-
	titute Parent" Law..........	27	99
	Probates; justices to prepare ......	52	81
	Proceedings Before:
	Defendant may appear and de-
	fend before judgment.........	52	28
	No special pleading in actions re-
	quired .....................	52	34
	On failure of defendant to ap-
	pear; trial day to be fixed;
	how determined ............	52	28
	Postponement of case; time limit
	of such continuance .........	52	32
	Question of partnership of parties,
	or incorporation of body cor-
	porate or representative char-
	acter of party litigant; how
	and when raised ............	52	37
	By whom denial may be made	52 '	37
	Continuance of case to enable
	party to procure proof.......	52	37
	Failure to deny held admission
	thereof ....................	52	37
	Trial of case ex parte ...........	52	28
	When case may be tried ex
	parte on final trial day ......	52	33
	Where some defendants appear
	and others do not; trail to
	proceed ....................	52	29
	Process. (Summons, Writs, etc.)
	Attachment of contempt against
	witness failing to appear.......	52	31
	Blank summons not to be issued;
	penalty ...................	52	26
	Effect of death of justice on....	52	35,36
	Justices may issue on judgments
	or supersedeas of other jus-
	tices .......................	52	75
	On judgments of justices of other
	counties ...................	52	77
	Return of to another justice by
	reason of death or disqualifi-
	cation .....................	52	36
	Notice of such return to parties
	to suit ....................	52	36
	Summons :
	Effect where parties appear on
	return day .................	52	40
	Form and requirements in issu-
	ing ........................	52	27
	Return day to be given in ....	52	27
	Time limit for return of .......	52	27
	Witnesses; attachment; fine...	52	30,31
	Profanity; in presence of justice;
	collection of fines imposed;
	by constable ...............	52	80
	Qualification :
	Not to act until; penalty........	52	3
	Oath ; bond ...................	52	1,2
	Penalty for accepting office under
	federal government after.......	52	4
	Recognizances, forfeited; may be
	remitted by governor.........	41	47
	Replevin :
	Bond in; by whom given; securi-
	ties on ....................	52	57
	Bond required ; affidavit of securi-
	ties; condition of bond.....	52	56

		Art.	Sec.
	Justices of the Peace —— Cont'd:
	Replevin — Cont'd :
	Failure of defendant to appear
	after summons; trial of case
	ex parte ...................	52	58
	Proceedings in; mode of ........	52	55
	Trial of case ex parte after two
	non ests ....................	52	58
	Satisfaction of judgments of. (See
	Clerks of Courts — Judgments
	and Decrees.)
	Scire Facias:
	Before whom returnable ........	52	60
	May be issued on original judg-
	ment or authenticated copy ...	52	60
	Revival of judgments by; when	52	59
	On death of defendant ........	52	59
	On death of plaintiff...........	52	59
	What justice may issue...........	52	60
	Writ of; when returnable........	52	57
	Spitting on cars; jurisdiction in
	cases of ....................	27	364
	Suits before ......................	75	157
	Supersedeas:
	Administrators may supersede
	judgments against them; lia-
	bility under ................	52	64
	Approval of sureties of .........	17	40
	Baltimore City; clerks of court
	to take supersedeas .........	52	61
	Justice not to take supersedeas
	of any court judgment or de-
	cree .......................	52	61
	Date from which stay of execu-
	tion computed .............	52	63
	Defendant and two securities to
	confess judgment ..........	52	61
	Effect upon execution previously
	issued .....................	52	62
	Form and sufficiency of to be
	approved by clerk of court
	rendering judgment ........	52	61
	Judgment confessed by way of;
	when and from what time a
	lien on lands of defendant
	and securities ..............	52	73
	Justices to prepare ..............	52	81
	Not invalidated by errors of form	52	65
	Of judgments of justices of peace	52	66
	Entry of short on docket 0f
	justice; when valid..........	52	69
	Execution on judgment may
	issue previous to .........	52	71
	Form and requirements for.......	52	66
	Justice may take one person as
	security ...................	52	68
	Security must sign or make his
	mark to, otherwise invalid.....	52	70
	Stay of execution on judgment,
	to date from rendition of
	judgment ................	52	66
	When supersedeas shall stay
	such execution ...........	52	71
	Of judgments of justices of peace:
	Sureties thereon ; affidavit of ...	52	66
	When discharged by limita-
	tions ....................	52	72
	When no execution or scire
	facias shall issue against.....	52	72
	Of judgments of court of appeals	52	61
	On judgments or decrees of Balti-
	more City courts; not to take	17	41

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