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the same proceedings shall be thereupon had as in attachments,
issued against absconding debtors.

State v. Beall, 3 H. & McH. 347. Barney v. Patterson, 6 H. & J. 182,
Handle v. Mellen, 67 Md. 187.

Attachments against Adult Non-resident Heirs and
Devisees.

F. G. L., (1860,) art. 10, sec. 26. 1794, ch 54, sec. 7.

25. If any person of full age residing out of this State, is
entitled by descent or devise to any lauds or tenements lying in
this State, and the person from whom such lands descended or
by whom the same were devised, was indebted to any person,
the court in which any suit against such heir or devisee may be-
instituted, may award an attachment against the lands and tene-
ments of such heir or devisee, held by descent or devise from
the person so indebted, in the same manner and to have the
same effect as attachments awarded against other persons resid-
ing out of the State.

Sales of Perishable Attached Property.

P. G. L., (1860,) art. 10, sec. 27. 1839, ch 39, sec. 1. 1876, ch 254.

26. Any of the courts of this State in which an attachment
suit is pending, either on original or appellate jurisdiction, or any
judge thereof in vacation, may order a sale of any perishable
property which may be levied on by virtue of such attachment,
whenever the court or judge may deem such sale expedient, on
such terms and notice as the order may prescribe; and such sale
may be ordered before or after the return of the attachment,
and the proceeds of such sale, after payment of the expenses,
incident thereto, shall be paid into court and deposited with the
clerk, subject to the order of the court on the final decision of
the case.

O'Brien v. Norris, 16 Md. 122. Hall v. Richardson, 16 Md. 396.

Amendments.

P. G. L., (1860,) art. 10, sec. 28. 1845, ch. 54. 1846, ch. 324-328. 1888, ch. 507.

27. Attachment proceedings may be amended in the same
manner and to the same extent as any other suits or actions at
law, so that the same may be tried on their real merits and the