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142 COURTS. [ART. 26
Judgments.
1890, ch. 314.
19. Every judgment rendered by any of the courts of law of
this State shall be and constitute a lien to the amount and from
the date thereof upon all leasehold interest and terms for years
of the defendants in land, except leases from year to year, and
leases for terms of not more than five years and not renewable,
to the same extent and effect as liens are created by judgment
upon real estate, and a certified copy of the docket entries from
the clerk of the court where any judgment is obtained, or magis-
trate judgment originally recorded, when recorded upon the judg-
ment record of any other court in the counties of this State or
the city of Baltimore, shall be and constitute a lien, from the
date of its being so recorded, upon the property of the defend-
ant in said county or city of Baltimore, to the same extent as in
the county or city where the said judgment was originally
obtained or magistrates' judgment originally recorded.
Shryock v. Morris, 75 Md. 79.
1890, ch. 114.
20. On all judgments or decrees in any court of law or equity,
and on all judgments of justices of the peace recorded in the
clerk's office of any court of law, an execution or attachment may
issue out of such court or by the clerk thereof, at any time
within twelve years from the date of the judgment or decree, or
the said judgment or decree may be otherwise proceeded with
within twelve years from its date; and in case of the death of
any plaintiff in any such judgment, the executor, administrator
or other person entitled to the judgment or decree, shall, on
application to the clerk of the court having control of the docket
whereon such judgment or decree is entered or recorded, be made
a party to the same by suggesting the death of the plaintiff in
writing, and causing his name to be inserted in the place of said
plaintiff or his legal representatives, and have execution or attach-
ment as the plaintiff might have had if no such death had taken
place; and in the case of the marriage of a female plaintiff in any
such judgment or decree, she may suggest in writing her said mar-
riage, and have execution or attachment thereon, in her new name
acquired by such marriage; and in case of the death or marriage
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