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ART. 57] DECEDENTS' LANDS—PATENTS. 1461
be at liberty to bring his or her action within five years after
the removal of such disability.
1894, ch. 661, sec. 6 A.
7. The period within which any suit or action may be
brought under any statute of limitations in force in this State
shall not be extended because the plaintiff in such suit or
action was, is or shall be a feme covert, imprisoned, or beyond
the seas, or out of the jurisdiction of this State at the time of
the accrual of the right, title or cause of action.
1888, art. 57, sec. 7. 1860, art. 57, sec. 7. 1849, ch. 224. 1876, ch. 58.
8. Whenever any person may die indebted and his interest
in real estate may be liable to be proceeded against for the
payment of his debts by reason of the insufficiency of his per-
sonal estate, the operation of this article both at law and in
equity shall be suspended in relation to the heirs and devisees
of such debtor for the period of eighteen months from the
death of such decedent, and where any debts of such person
so dying indebted have been or may be paid by his executor or
administrator and the real estate of such decedent is proceeded
against for the payment of his debts, the operation of this
article, both at law and in equity, shall be suspended in rela-
tion to the heirs and devisees of such deceased debtor as to
the claims so paid until the lapse of eighteen months after the
filing of said bill.
Thompson v. Dorsey, 4 Md. Ch. 149. Shepherd v. Bevans, 4 Md Ch. 408.
Simms v. Lloyd, 58 Md. 477.
Ibid. sec. 8. 1860, art. 57, sec. 8. 1814, ch. 122, sec. 3.
9. The time intervening between the petitioning of an insol-
vent debtor and the time when his petition may be dismissed
shall not be computed on any plea of limitation so as to defeat
the claim of any person against such debtor.
Ibid. sec. 9. 1860, art. 57, sec. 9. 1818, ch. 90. 1849, ch. 424.
10. Whenever land shall be taken up under a common or
special warrant, or warrant of re-survey, escheat or proclama-
tion warrant, any person, body politic or corporate may give
in evidence under the, general issue his possession thereof;
and if it shall appear in evidence that the person, body politic
or corporate, or those under whom they claim have held the
lands in possession for twenty years before the action brought,
such possession shall be a bar to all right or claim derived
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