INDEX.

A.

ABILITY, representation as to, 72, 301.
ABSTRACT of title, 302.

ACCEPTANCE of goods, what is, 37.
of offer, 70.

ACCEPTOR of a bill, liability of, 74.
ACCUMULATION, restraint on, 194.

ACKNOWLEDGMENT, remarks on, by wife, of the conveyance of her

real estate, 288.

ACT of bankruptcy, what is, 104, 108, 110, 111, 112.

bona fide transactions valid notwithstanding, 118.

-See BANKRUPTCY.

ACTION, chose in, 4, 100, 274, 300.-See CHOSE IN ACTION.
ACTIONS, real, personal and mixed, 3.

not bound to plead the statute of limitations, 298.

ADMINISTRATION, stamp on letters of, 260.

court from which taken out, ib.

ADMINISTRATION,-husband's right to, of his wife's effects, 276.
ADMISSION of debt, 110.

ADVANCEMENT to children to be accounted for in distribution, 262.
form of power of, in a settlement, 322.

AFFIDAVIT of debt, filing an, 110,

AGENTS, 292.

AGREEMENTS which require to be in writing, 36, 39, 66.-See CON-

ANTICIPATION, restraint on, 282.

APPOINTMENT of portions, 196.

illusory, 197.

exclusive, ib.

voluntary, 195.

amongst a class, 198.

to issue of a child, when good, 199.

fraudulent by a father, 200.

creating a perpetuity, 201.

of new trustees, 209.

by wife in favor of her husband, 284.

form of power of, amongst children, 319.
form of power of, by wife, 321.

APPORTIONMENT of income, 190.
ARBITRATION, 137.

act for determining differences by, 139.
power of assignees to submit to, 232.

ARREARS of rent, 92.

of rent, limitation of actions for, 295, 296.
action by husband for, of rent of wife's estate, 276.

ARREARS of interest on bond, 94.

of interest, limitation of actions for, 295, 296.

of dower, 296.

ARREST, freedom of bankrupt from, 94.

ASSENT of executor, 238.

ASSETS, executor not liable beyond amount of, 246.
ASSIGNEES of bankrupt, 117, 118.

official, 115.

of insolvent, 127.

what proceedings of, require consent of creditors, 232.
ASSIGNMENT of choses in possession, 31, 32, 34.

of choses in action, 100, 101.

of breaches, 94.

notice of, 300.

of letters-patent, 177.

of copyright, 180.

in trust for creditors, 104.

of wife's reversionary choses in action, 278.
inquiry as to prior, of chose in action, 301.
of choses in action, form of an, 316.

ASSUMPSIT, 61.

ATTORNEY, warrant of, 85,

execution and attestation of warrant of, 86.

warrant of, executed by insolvent debtor, 130.

power of, on assigning a legal chose in action, 100.
power of, construed strictly, 292.

form of a power of, 317.

not liable as such to the bankrupt laws, 108.

AUCTION, sale by, 38.

AWARD, 140.

time of making, 141.

enlargement of time of making, 142.

must be certain and final, 143.

setting aside, 144.

effect of, 146.

performance of, ib.

stamp on, 147.

limitation of actions on, 297.

B.

BAILEE, possession of, 25, 37.

BAILMENT, 24.

BANK annuities, 149.-See STOCK IN THE FUNDS.

notes, title to, 290.

BANKING companies, 162.

act for incorporation of, 165.

BANKRUPTCY, who may be bankrupt, 107.

of joint stock companies, 167.

of a trading partnership, 226.

act of, 104, 108, 110, 111, 112, 118.
concerted, 109.

petitioning creditor, 112.

fiat, 113.

goods in bankrupt's possession, order or disposition, 47.
choses in action in bankrupt's possession, order and dis-

position, 301.

revival of debt barred by, 65, 70.

court of, 83, 113, 118.

judgment on warrant of attorney or cognovit, in case

of, 88.

how assignees sue for debts, 102.

exercise of powers by assignees in, 195.

when assignment in trust for creditors, an act of, 104.
adjudication of, 113.

examination of bankrupt and wife, 119.

debts paid rateably in, ib.

certificate, 121.

liability of bankrupt to claims not proved, 122.

uncertificated bankrupt, ib.

effect of certificate in case of previous, 123.

inefficiency of present laws, ib.

does not determine a submission to arbitration, 141.

voluntary assignment void in event of, 214.

consent of creditors when required to proceedings of
assignees, 232.

BARGAIN and sale, by commissioners of bankrupt, 117.

BARNARD, Sir John, his act, 80, 152.

BASTARD, gift by will to, 252.

BENEFICE, charge by clergyman on, void, 79.

right of nomination to, does not pass to assignees, 195.
sequestration of, in insolvency, 128.

BEQUEST of stock in the funds, 157.

executory, 187.

general, operates as an exercise of a general power, 196.
to charities, 251.

to illegitimate children, 252.

to children, 254.

BILLS of exchange, 72, 101.

what prohibited, 73.

indorsement of, ib. 74.

consideration presumed, 72, 75.

have no preference over other simple contract
debts, 95.

bankrupts, revival of debt barred by, 65, 70.

CHANCERY, Court of, invests in consols, 150.

transfer of stock by order of, 153.

order of, restraining transfer, 302.

CHARACTER, representations as to, 71.

CHARITIES, bequest to, 251.

CHARTER party, 54.

companies incorporated by, 159,

CHATTELS, personal, 2.

of wife belong to her husband, 273.
real, 2.

vegetable, 15.

sale of, in market overt, 291.

CHILDREN, appointments to, 196, 198.

younger, 199.

in ventre, ib.

vesting of portions of, 203.

maintenance of, ib. 204, 205.

form of power of maintenance of, in a settlement, 321.