SECTION 1582. Surrogate to ascertain and limit amount, 1583. Sale to be conducted as administrator's, 1584. New security inay be require!, 1585. Power to perform contracis, 1586. When power of committee ceases, 1587. Upon application for removal, citation to issue, Appeals from surrogates' courts, Section 1590. Appeal from surrogates' courts, in what cases 1592. May be upon questions of fact or law, Of proceedings in cases of insolvency, CHAPTER I. Proceedings of an insolvent to discharge himself from imprisonment on execution, II. Proceedings of insolvent to discharge himself Proceedings of insolvent to discharge himself from impri- Scction 1595. An insolvent imprisoned may be discharged, 1596. Manner of application to county court, 1597. Proof of serving copy and notice on creditors, to be granted, 1600. Duty of the receiver, 668 669 Proceedings of insolvent to discharge himself from his debts, Section 1601. Application to discharge from debt, how made, 1602. Order requiring creditors to show cause, 1603. Manner of serving same and hearing, 1601. If application be opposed, how tried, 1605. If not opposed, order to be made appointing 1606. Upon final report of receiver, discharge may be granted, except for certain debts, Proceedings of a creditor to close the affairs of an insolvent, Section 1607. A creditor inay apply to close insolvents' af- 1608. Application to be in writing and verified, 1609. Order to show cause; injunction allowed, 1610. Time and manner of hearing, of the admeasurement of dower, SECTION 1613, Widow's dower set off by consent, or referees, 1614. Dower may be demanded, or offered, within 1615. Contents of demand or notice, 1616. Proof of right of dower to be made, 1617. Referces appointment, and description of pro- 1620. Manner of making admeasurement, 1621. Time to make report, may be enlarged, 1622. Report may be vacated, and new referees ap- 1623. Adineasurement, when confirmed, conclusive, 1624. Widow may bring action, if dower withheld, 1625. Order of confirmation, subject to appeal, 1626. Proceedings on the appeal, 1627. Costs of admeasurement, and of appeal, 1628. After admeasurement, if widow fail to re- 681 681 TITLE XII. II. Discovering the death of a person on whose life an estate depends, tures, 685 687 690 681 CHAPTER I. vious contract, dower, 681 682 682 683 683 683 1683 684 684 684 684 695 685 685 CHAPTER II. pends, an estate depends, to be restored afterwards, if the person be 641 686 686 686 687 687 CHAPTER III. 687 687 687 688 688 The collection and remission of fines and forfeitures, 1648. Clerk to deliver copy to sheriff, prosecuted, 688 689 689 689 690 CHAPTER IV. 1656. Manner of the appeal, ings, proceedings, 690 690 690 690 PART IV. OF EVIDENCE, II. Of the kinds and degrees of evidence, V. Of the rights and duties of witnesses, ous and general provisions, 692 702 713 758 777 779 781 GENERAL DEFINITIONS AND DIVISIONS, 692 Section 1659. Definition of evidence, 696 1660. Definition of proof, 696 1661. Definition of law of evidence, 696, 697 1662. The degree of certainty, required to establish facts, 698 1663. Four kinds of evidence specified, 698 Section 1664. Several degrees of evidence specified, 1665. Original evidence, defined, 699 699 669 699 699 699 700 700 700 700 700 700 701 TITLE I. 702 702 703 703 703 703 703 704 704 704 of the general principles of evidence, 1678. Testimony confined to personal knowledge, fected, tion, pedigree, against his successor in interest, is admissable, An agreement reduced to writing, deemed the whole, where used, 704 704 705 706 706 general rule, 1692. The intention of the legislature or parties, 1693. The circumstances to be considere), 706 707 707 |