SECTION 1772. May assent to a partition of real estate.... 1773. Guardian to return inventory of estate of ward. Appraisers to be appointed. Like proceedings when other property acquired....... 1774. Settlements of guardians 1775. Allowance of accounts of joint guardians........ 1776. Expenses and compensation of guardians.. ARTICLE IV. THE SALE OF PROPERTY AND DISPOSITION OF THE PROCEEDS. SECTION 1777. May sell property in certain cases........ 463 463 464 464 464 465 1778. Sale of real estate to be made upon order of Court............... 465 1783. Copy of order to be served, published, or consent filed.............. 466 1784. Hearing of application..... 467 1789. All proceedings for sales of property by guardians to conform 1791. Conditions of sales of real estate of minor heirs. Bond and mortgage to be given for deferred payments............ 468 1792. Probate Court may order the investment of money of the ward 468 ARTICLE V. NON-RESIDENT GUARDIANS AND WARDS. SECTION 1793. Guardians of non-resident persons......................... 1794. Powers and duties of guardians appointed under preceding SECTION 1800. Examination of persons suspected of defrauding wards or con cealing property...... 471 1801. Removal and resignation of guardian, and surrender of estate 472 SECTION 1802. Guardianship, how terminated........ 1803. New bond, when required................................. 1804. Guardian's bond to be filed. Action on.......... 1805. Limitation of actions on guardian's bond...... 472 472 473 473 1806. Limitation of actions for the recovery of property sold............ 473 1807. More than one guardian of a person may be appointed............ 473 1808. Power of Probate Judge in chambers......... 473 1809. Provisions of Section 1057 apply to guardians........ 474 1 TITLE XII. OF SOLE TRADERS. SECTION 1811. Who may become sole traders........ 1812. Notice, how given and what to contain................. 474 474 1813. Petition, what to contain and when filed............................. 475 1814. May have five hundred dollars of community or husband's SECTION 1822. Statutes in relation to, continued in force.......... PART IV. OF EVIDENCE. GENERAL DEFINITIONS AND DIVISIONS. SECTION 1823. Definition of evidence 1824. Definition of proof........ 477 481 481 SECTION 1825. Definition of law of evidence......... 1826. The degree of certainty required to establish facts.. 1828. Several degrees of evidence specified......... 1829. Original evidence defined 1830. Secondary evidence defined.......... 1831. Direct evidence defined.......... 1832. Indirect evidence defined...... 1833. Primary evidence defined..... 481 482 482 482 482 482 482 483 483 483 483 483 483 484 484 TITLE I. OF THE GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF EVIDENCE. SECTION 1844. One witness sufficient to prove a fact......... 1845. Testimony confined to personal knowledge.......... 485 485 485 485 485 485 485 terest......... 1852. Declaration of decedent evidence of pedigree........................... 486 486 1861. Terms to be construed in their general acceptation............. 1856. An agreement reduced to writing deemed the whole............... 1854. When part of a transaction proved, the whole is admissible... 486 1855. Contents of writing, how proved............... 486 486 487 487 488 468 488 488 488 489 1865. A written instrument construed as understood by parties......... 489 489 489 SECTION 1868. Evidence confined to material allegation.. 1869. Affirmative only to be proved.......... 1870. Facts which may be proyed on trial...... 489 489 490 TITLE II. OF THE KINDS AND DEGREES OF EVIDENCE. CHAPTER I. Knowledge of the Court.... II. Witnesses............... III. Writings. IV. Material objects presented to the senses other than writings V. Indirect evidence......... VI. Indispensable evidence......... VII. Conclusive and unanswerable evidence......... CHAPTER I. KNOWLEDGE OF THE COURT. SECTION 1875. Certain facts of general notoriety assumed to be true. Specification of such facts........... CHAPTER II. WITNESSES. 492 493 495 510 510 515 518 492 SECTION 1878. Witnesses defined............ 493 1879. All persons capable of perception and communication may be 1905. Record, how authenticated as evidence.......... SECTION 1892. Every citizen entitled to inspect and copy public writing......... 497 1893. Public officers bound to give copies.......... 1894. Four kinds of public writings.......... 1895. Laws, written or unwritten............. 1896. Written laws defined........................... 1897. Constitution and statutes....... 1898. Public and private statutes defined............ 1900. Books containing laws presumed to be correct.... 497 497 497 497 498 498 498 498 498 498 499 499 1906. Record of a foreign country, how authenticated............ 499 499 499 500 500 501 1922. Same.......... 1912. Where sureties bound, principal is also.............. 1914. Record of a Court of admiralty. 1920. Entries in official books primary evidence....... 1923. Contents of other official certificates......... 504 1924. Provisions in relation to States apply to Territories................ 501 501 501 501 501 502 502 502 503 503 504 504 504 |