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provided, that nothing contained in this section shall prevent any
creditor of the husband from attaching the same, or restraining
the payment by injunction, if the deposit was made in fraud of
his creditors.

P. G. L., (1888, ) art. 45, sec. 12. 1894, ch. 326. 1898, ch. 457.

12. Any married woman may, at whatever age she may be,
relinquish her dower in any real estate by the joint deed of
herself and husband, or by her separate deed, and in like manner
any husband may relinquish his interest in the real estate of his
wife by joint or separate deed.

1896, ch. 243. 1898, ch. 457.

13. Where any married man or married woman is a lunatic or
insane, and has been so found upon inquisition, and the said finding
remains in force, or where any married man or married woman
has been absent or unheard of for seven years, the. husband or
wife of such lunatic or insane or absent person may grant and
convey by his or her separate deed, whether the same be absolute
or by way of lease or mortgage, as fully as if he or she was
unmarried, any real estate which he or she may have acquired
since the finding of such inquisition or since the beginning of
such absence.

P. G. L., (1889, ) art 45, sec. 17. 1898, ch. 457.

14. No husband shall be liable in any manner for any debts
of his wife contracted, or for any claims or demands of any kind
against her, arising prior to marriage, but she and her property
shall remain liable therefor, in the same manner as if the mar-
riage had not taken place.
Davis, ex'r, v. Carroll, 71 Md., 571.

Ibid. sec. 18. Ibid.

15. Proceedings at law or in equity, according to the nature
of such debts, claims or demands, may be taken against such
married woman, notwithstanding her coverture in her married
name, joining her husband therein as defendant; but no judg-
ment or decree shall pass against the husband or his estate, but
such judgment or decree shall be passed against the wife only;
and it shall operate only upon her estate held and owned by her
prior or subsequent to said marriage.