146 CHANCERY—FRAUDULENT CONVEYANCES. [ART. 16.

P. G. L., (1860,) art. 16, sec. 84, 1816, ch. 154, sec. 11. 1820, ch 191, sec. 27.

1880, ch. 222.

45. Where there is a decree for the sale of lands, and a widow
is entitled to dower therein, and will not consent to a sale of her

dower, the court may, if it appears advantageous to the parties,
appoint five commissioners to assign and lay off the dower of

such widow; and any person holding land by descent, devise or
purchase, subject to a widow's dower therein, may apply to the
court sitting in chancery for the assignment of such dower, and
the court thereupon shall appoint five commissioners to assign
and lay off the same, subject in either case to confirmation or
rejection by the court.

Fraudulent Conveyances.

F. G. L., (1860,) art. 16, sec. 35. 1835, ch. 380, sec. 2.
46 In no case of a proceeding in equity to vacate any con-
veyance or contract, or other act, as fraudulent against creditors,
shall it be necessary for any creditor or plaintiff in the cause to
have obtained a judgment at law on his demand,' in order to the
relief sought in the case, either in his own behalf or in the behalf
of any other creditors who shall claim to participate in the ben-
efit of the decree in the case; but when the debt of such plaintiff
shall not be admitted by the pleadings in the case on the part of
the defendant interested in contesting the same, the court shall,
on application of any of the parties, send to any court of law an
issue for determining the fact of such indebtedness, subject to
the rules usually applied to issues out of chancery.

Farrow B. Teaklc, 4 H & 3 271 Heighe v. Farmers' Bank, 5 H. & J. 68.
Birely v. Staley, 5 G. & J. 432 Griffith v. Frederick Co. Bank, 6 G & J. 424.
Swan v. Dent, 2 Md. Ch 111. Wylie v. Basil, 4 Md. Ch. 327. v. Richards v.
Swan, 7 Gill, 376 Uhl v. Dillon, 10 Md. 500 Sanderson v. Stockdale, 11 Md.
564. Hubbard s Hubbard, 14 Md 359 Mahaney v. Lazier, 16 Md 69. Hyde
v. Ellery, 18 Md 496 Schaferman v. O'Brien, 28 Md 565. Flack v. Charron,
29 Md. 311. Wanamaker v. Bowes, 36 Md. 42. Goodman v. Wineland, 61
Md 449

Inebriates.
1888, ch. 71.

471 Whenever, by petition under oath, any person shall be
alleged to be a drunkard, incapable of taking care of himself or
herself, or his or her property, any circuit court of this State, and
also the circuit court of Baltimore city, shall have the power, in