INDEX TO EQUITY RULES.

Abatement, how suits may be revived on abatement by

death of either party..........

Accounts, how same produced before master..
Affidavit of defendant to accompany demurrers or pleas....
Affirmation, when to be made in lieu of oath..
Amendment, general provisions respecting bills.

when plaintiff may amend, as matter of

course...

after answer, plea, demurrer, or replication. .
when amendment shall be deemed abandoned
of bills by leave of court when matter alleged
in answer makes amendment necessary....
plaintiff not entitled as of course to amend
where he proceeds to a hearing, notwith-
standing objection for want of parties taken
by answer

when answers may be amended.

general provisions respecting..

Answers, filing of......

taxable costs for.....

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58

where answer to original bill shall be made before
original plaintiff can be compelled to answer
cross bill...

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Appeals, provisions as to suspending or modifying injunc-
tions during the pendency of an appeal....
Appearance, when defendant must appear..
Argument. (See Hearing.)

when bills may be taken pro confesso against the de-
fendant, and proceeding thereon..

several provisions as to scandal and impertinence in. 26-27 58-59
general provisions as to amendment to ..

provisions as to interrogatories in the interrogating
part of......

amendment of, by leave of court when matter alleged
in answer makes amendment necessary

general provisions as to parties to..

nominal parties to....

brought by stockholders in a corporation against the
corporation and other parties; how verified, and
what allegations must be contained therein

Bills of revivor, general provisions as to same.

contents of......

Certificate of counsel to accompany demurrers and pleas.
Circuits courts always to be open for certain purposes...
provisions as to the making of rules by judges
thereof...

Clerk, duties of same..

to enter motions, rules, orders, etc., in order book...

certain motions and applications grantable of course
by clerk...

Clerk's office, provisions as to same.

Commissioners for taking testimony, how to be named.....

how witnesses may be compelled to appear
before them and testify...

28-30 59-60

41-43 63-64

45

65

47-53

65-67

Corporations, bills brought by stockholders in a corporation
against the corporation and other parties, how verified and
what allegations must be contained therein.
Costs, where separate answers are filed and the same
solicitor is employed for two or more defendants...
provisions for payment of, when exceptions for frivo-
lous causes or delay are filed to master's report....
Counsel, signature of, to be affixed to bill, provisions as to

same.

Cross bill, provisions as to same

Death, how suits may be revived on death of either party..
De bene esse examination, when and how same may be taken.
Decree, provisions as to entry of decree when bill is pro
confesso against the defendant..

for an account of the personal estate of a testator or
. intestate on reference to master, etc.....
corrections of clerical mistakes in..

contents of...

what the decree in a suit for foreclosure of a mort-
gage may provide for..

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Default of defendant, proceedings that may be taken thereon
when decree may be entered and bill taken pro
confesso....

81

18

56

19

Defendant, when he must appear..

bills may be taken pro confesso against
defendant, and proceedings thereon......
decree may be entered and bill taken pro
confesso against the defendant...

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18

56

56

19

Demurrers, general provisions as to........

31-38

60-62

56

60

61

33

61

34

61

Depositions, how taken when evidence is to be taken orally.
testimony is to be taken by deposition
according to act of Congress....

38

62

67

71

Depositions, provisions as to publication and opening of

same in clerk's office.

Discovery, provision as to the filing of a cross bill for
Dismissal, when bill shall be dismissed....

court may dismiss a bill where plaintiff proceeds
to a hearing, notwithstanding objection for
want of parties, taken by answer..

of suit for failure to file replication....

Evidence, how taken down before master in certain cases..
Examination, how to take and return depositions of witnesses
examined orally....

Examiner, how witnesses may be compelled to appear
before him and testify....

Exceptions, provisions as to exceptions to bills for scandal
and impertinence.

hearing exceptions to answer for insufficiency..
proceedings when exceptions to answers are
allowed on hearing..

to report of master, time of filing exceptions
thereto, and confirmation of report if no ex-
ceptions are filed...

provisions to prevent the filing of exceptions to
reports for frivolous causes or delay.........

Execution, writ of, provision as to same..

Filing of pleadings, etc..

Foreclosure, what the decree in a suit for foreclosure of a
mortgage may provide for....

Guardians ad litem, how appointed..

Hearing, case when defendant, by answer, suggests that bill
is defective for want of parties..

proceedings for hearing where exceptions are filed
to answer..

of reference before master, when to be brought on.
Impertinence in bills not permitted; will be struck out on

exception.....

general provisions as to elimination of imper-
tinence in bills.

Infants, how they may sue..

Injunctions, provisions as to the granting of injunctions when

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asked for by bill to stay pro-

ceedings at law...