CHAP. I. Of real property, and of the nature, qualities and alienation of estates therein: Containing five Titles. Title 1. Of the tenure of real property, and the persons capable of holding and conveying estates therein: Containing two Articles. Art. 1. Of the tenure of real property,.. Art. 2. Of the persons capable of holding and conveying lands, . Title 2. Of the nature and qualities of estates in real property, and the alienation thereof: Containing four Articles. Art. 1. Of the creation and division of estates,... Art. 2. Of uses and trusts,. .... Art. 4. Of alienation by deed,. Title 3. Of estates in dower, Title 4. Of estates for years and at will; and the rights and duties of landlords and tenants, ........ Title 5. Relative to principals and factors or agents, CHAP. V. Of title to property, real and personal, transmitted or acquired by special provisions of law: Containing two Titles. Title 1. Of the assignment of the estates of non-resident, absconding, insolvent or imprisoned debtors: Containing ten Articles. 76 Art. 1. Of attachments against absconding, concealed and non-resident debtors, 78 Art. 2. Of attachments against debtors confined for crimes,. Art. 3. Of voluntary assignments, made pursuant to the application of an insolvent and his creditors, ............ 90 16 91 Art. 4. Of proceedings by creditors, to compel assignments by debtors imprisoned on execution in civil causes... 99 Art. 5. Of voluntary assignments by an insolvent, for the purpose of exonerating his person from imprisonment, .... 103 Art. 6. Of voluntary assignments by a debtor imprisoned in execution in civil Title 5. Miscellaneous provisions of a general nature, CHAP. II. Of title to real property by descent,. 40 CHAP. III. Of the proof and recording of con- CHAP. IV. Of title to personal property in cer- 44 and of administration: Containing three Articles. .... Art. 5. General provisions applicable to the two last articles, 238 Art. 6. Of the separate rights of married 239 241 Title 3. Of guardians and wards, 242 Title 4. Of masters, apprentices and ser 157 Art. 1. Of granting letters testamentary, 154 Art. 2. Of granting letters of administration with the will annexed, and in cases of intestacy, Art. 3. General provisions relating to letters testamentary and of administration; miscellaneous provisions respecting the duties of surrogates, and the recording of wills and letters, Title 3. Of the duties of executors and administrators, in taking and returning inventories, in the payment of debts and legacies, in accounting, and in making distribution to next of kin : Containing three Articles. Art. 1. Of their duties in taking and returning inventories,. Art. 2. Of the duties of executors and administrators, in the payment of debts and legacies,. 162 168 173 vants: Containing three Articles. .... THE THIRD PART OF THE REVISED STATUTES IS ENTITLED AN ACT CONCERNING COURTS AND MINISTERS OF JUSTICE, AND PROCEEDINGS IN CIVIL CASES;" AND CONSISTS OF TEN CHAPTERS. CHAP. I. Of the courts of general or limited jurisdiction: Containing eight Titles. Title 1. Of the court for the trial of impeachments and of the court of appeals: Containing three Articles. 178 Art. 1. Of the constitution of the court and its officers,. 257 Art. 2. Of impeachments, and the mode of conducting them, 258 Art. 3. Of the duties of executors and administrators, in rendering an account, and in making distribution to the next of kin, Title 4. Of the powers and duties of executors and administrators, in relation to the sale and disposition of the real estate of their testator or intestate,.... 185 Title 5. Of the rights and liabilities of executors and administrators, Title 6. Of public administrators: Containing two Articles. 201 Art. 3. Of the court of appeals, Title 2. Of the court of chancery: Contain ing seven Articles. Art. 1. Of the constitution of the court, and of its officers and their duties. Abrogated. 259 Art. 1. Of the public administrator in the city of New York, 205 Art. 2. Of the general powers, duties and jurisdiction of the court,.. 263 268 Art. 2. Of public administrators in the several counties of this state, other than the county of New York,........ 215 Art. 3. Of the terms of the court and the mode of proceeding therein,.. Art. 4. Of proceedings against absent, concealed and non-resident defendants. Abrogated. 270 Art. 5. Of the granting of injunctions to stay proceedings at law,. Art. 6. Of the powers and proceedings of the court upon bills for the foreclosure or satisfaction of mortgages,. ....... 272 Art. 7. Of proceedings in relation to the conveyance of lands by infants, and the sale and disposition of their estates,... 274 277 Title 3. Of the supreme court,... Title 4. Of the circuit courts, sittings and courts of oyer and terminer,.. Title 4. Of the extension of the powers of executors and assignees, receivers and other trustees, and the protection of the rights of creditors and others against frauds, CHAP. VIII. Of the domestic relations: Containing four Titles. Title 1. Of husband and wife: Containing six Articles. Art. 1. Of marriage, and of the solemnization and proof thereof, .... 225 Art. 2. Of divorces, on the ground of the nullity of the marriage contract,.. 233 Art. 3. Of divorces dissolving the marriage contract, Art. 4. Of separations, or limited divorces, 294 Title 5. Of the courts of common pleas and general sessions of the peace, and of the courts of sessions in the several counties of this state. 300 Title 6. Of mayors' courts in cities,. 315 348 New York,. 357 CHAP. II. Of courts of peculiar and special 226 jurisdiction: Containing four Titles. 235 237 Title 1. Of surrogates' courts,.... Title 2. Of the courts of special sessions of the peace,.. Title 3. Of special justices' courts in the several cities of this state: Containing five Articles. 362 368 Title 2. Of the time of commencing ac- CHAP. V. Of suits relating to real property: Title 1. Of the action of ejectment,. .. .. .. 591 Title 2. Proceedings to compel the determination of claims to real property, in certain cases, 599 Title 3. Of the partition of lands owned by several persons, 602 Title 4. Of the writ of nuisance,. 620 620 624 625 Title 5. Of waste,.. Title 6. Of trespass on lands,. Title 7. General provisions concerning actions relating to real property,.... Title 8. Proceedings to discover the death of persons upon whose lives any particular estate may depend, CHAP. VI. Of proceedings in personal actions brought for the recovery of any debt, or for damages only: Containing six Titles. Title 1. Of the commencement of suits, and the proceedings therein, until the forming of an issue of fact. Repealed. Title 2. Of pleadings and set-offs,... Title 3. Of the assessment of damages upon default. Abrogated. Title 4. Of judgments: Containing two Articles. ......... 629 633 CHAP. VIII. Of proceedings in special cases: Title 1. Of the bringing and maintaining of Art. 1. Of suits by and against executors and administrators,. ..... 745 Art. 2. Of suits by and against legatees; and against next of kin, heirs and devisees; and between heirs and devisees,. 748 Title 4. Of proceedings by and against corporations, and public bodies having certain corporate powers, and by and against officers representing them: Containing five Articles. 677 ..... Art. 1. Of proceedings by and against corporations in courts of law, Art. 2. Of proceedings against corporations, in equity,. 754 ... 761 Art. 3. Of the voluntary dissolution of corporations,.. 768 Art. 8. Of the examination of witnesses, 692 Title 4. Of the trial of issues of fact: Containing four Articles. Art. 1. General provisions concerning trials, and the proceedings preparatory thereto, Art. 2. Of the return and summoning of jurors,. ..... .... .... .... 693 694 Art. 3. Of special juries,. 716 Art. 4. Of trial and its incidents, . 717 Title 5. Of suits against sheriffs, surrogates and other officers, on their official bonds, 779 Title 6. Of actions for penalties and forfeitures; and provisions for the collection and remission of forfeited recognizances and fines imposed by courts: Containing two Articles. Art. 1. Of actions for penalties and forfeitures, ........ 783 Art. 2. Provisions respecting the collec ........ .... Title 18. Proceedings to change the names of persons,. Title 19. Of the service of process on insurance and other corporations doing business in this state,. Title 20. Of proceedings to compensate parties whose property may be destroyed in consequence of mobs or riots,...... 874 CHAP. IX. Of the writ of habeas corpus; of writs of error, appeals, informations, and proceedings commenced by any special writ: Containing three Titles. Title 1. Of the writs of habeas corpus, and certiorari, in certain cases: Containing Art. 1. Of the writ of habeas corpus, to Art. 3. General provisions,. CHAP. X. Of costs, and the fees of officers: Containing five Titles. Title 1. Of the cases in which costs may be recovered, and in which double costs may be allowed, Title 2. Of security for the payment of costs, 908 910 Title 3. Of the fees of certain officers, 911 fees of officers and persons, to whom any allowance is made for services,... 930 Title 5. Of the taxation of costs,.. 932 THE FOURTH PART OF THE REVISED STATUTES IS ENTITLED "AN ACT CONCERNING CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS; PROCEEDINGS IN CRIMINAL CASES, AND PRISON DISCIPLINE;" AND CONSISTS oF THREE CHAPTERS. CHAP. I. Of crimes, and their punishment: Title 1. Of crimes punishable with death,.. 934 864 Art. 1. Of manslaughter, 939 873 874 ishable by imprisonment in a prison: Containing five Articles. state Art. 1. Of arson, 945 Art. 2. Of burglary, 947 |