case where acknowledgment dispensed with by statute, iò.
before whom acknowledgment must be made, 382.

not impeachable by reason of party being interested, 383. See 400.
examination of married woman, 383.

where woman deaf and dumb, 384.

inquiry to be made as to provision for, on giving up her interest, 400.
commissioners for purpose of receiving, 384, 400.

perpetual, 384.

power not confined to particular place, 385.
special, 386.

form of special commission, ib.

may issue with blank for christian name, 387.

when time for returning commission will be enlarged, 386.
variances between signatures of commissioners and the names
in the commission, ib.

evidence of identity of commissioners when required, ib.
memorandum of, to be indorsed on deed, 387.

form of memorandum, 751.

certificate of, to be signed, 388.

form of certificate, 388, 751.

may be varied, 388.

loss of, 389.

to be filed, 389, 402.

effect of filing, 394.

index of certificates, and copies of, ib.

affidavit verifying the certificate to be filed, 389 et seq.

See AFFIDAVIT-MARRIED WOMAN.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS UNDER THE STATUTES OF LIMITA-
TION,

different sections as to, 183.

in the recovery of land or rent, 182-185.

as to mortgages, see 214.

after twenty years' possession, ib.

in the recovery of money charged on land, legacies, arrears of rent and
interest,

by payment, 236, 244.

in writing, 236, 246. See 249, 254.

master's report in suit not sufficient, 248.

in the recovery of debts by specialty,

in writing, 262.

by payment, ib.

in the recovery of simple contract debts,

in writing, 274.

by whom acknowledgment must be given, 275.
to whom, 276.

effect of an acknowledgment, ib.

construction of an acknowledgment, ib.
acknowledgment of pending accounts, ib.

amount need not be stated, ib.

exempted from stamp duty, 277.

what is a sufficient acknowledgment, 278.
instances of sufficient acknowledgments, 278 et seq.
insufficient acknowledgments, 280 et seq.

by payment, 283.

appropriation of payments in case of several debts, 284.
proof of payment,

by parol evidence, 285.

by indorsements on bills or notes, ib.

in cases under the Statutes of Limitation, 210.

jurisdiction of equity saved, ib.

what amounts to, ib.

imports knowledge, ib.

does not take place during undue influence, 211.
by cestui que trust whose interest is reversionary, ib.

may have the effect of original agreement, ib.

difference from laches, 212.

relief refused in cases of, 211, 291.

ACT OF PARLIAMENT,

presumption of, 144.

no prescription against, 37.

need not be proved in action for diversion and obstruction of water, 100.
nor in suits to restrain pollution of water, 105.

ACTUAL TENANT IN TAIL,

meaning of, 298.

ADMINISTRATION SUIT,

when time ceases to run in case of claims brought under decree, 238.
See 200.

computation of interest on debts established under decree, 258.

setting up the Statutes of Limitation in, 289.

for administering real assets, 478.

plaintiff in, not a judgment creditor within 27 & 28 Vict. c. 112, s. 4..
626.

executor protected by decree of court in, 719.

ADMINISTRATOR,

nature of rights of, 163.

distinction between executor and, ib.

when deemed to claim under 3 & 4 Will. 4, c. 27, ib.

how time runs against simple contract debt, in case of, 272.

not to be protector of settlement, 333.

judgment against, to be re-registered, 620.

statutory protection against liability in respect of rents, covenants and
agreements in intestate's lease, 719.

and in respect of rents, &c. in conveyances on chief rents or rents-
charge to intestate, 720.

distributing assets after notice protected, ib.

may apply to court for advice, 721.

may appoint new trustees in certain cases, 739.

cases as to, before 3 & 4 Will. 4, c. 27..148-152.
in the case of occupation of the waste, 151.

receipt of rent by a stranger was no evidence of, 176.

doctrine of non-adverse possession put an end to by 3 & 4 Will. 4,
c. 27..153.

provision where possession was not adverse at the passing of the
act, 185.

cases as to adverse possession since 3 & 4 Will. 4, c. 27.. 153, 154.
acts sufficient to interrupt adverse possession, 180. See 165, 166.
adverse possession against the crown, 141.

whether husband acquires title as tenant by the curtesy during the con-
tinuance of, 433.

of incorporeal rights, 55.

ADVERTISEMENT,

ADVOWSON,

old limitation of right to recover, 219.

under 3 & 4 Will. 4, c. 27, not to be recovered but within three incum-

bencies or sixty years, ib.

case of lapse, 220.

ADVOWSON-continued.

when remainderman claiming after estate tail shall be barred, 221.
not to be recovered after 100 years, ib.

judgment a charge on, under 1 & 2 Vict. c. 110, s. 13..574.
donative, nature of, 221.

See QUARE Impedit.

AFFIDAVIT,

verifying certificate of acknowledgment of deed by married woman,

389 et seq.

to be filed with certificate, 389.

within one month, 402.

does not require stamp, 753.

written on paper allowed to pass, 390.

but should be sworn on parchment, 753.

erasures and interlineations in, 390.

before whom to be sworn, 391 et seq.

in England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland, 391.
abroad before magistrate, ib.

consuls and ambassadors, 391, 392.

Germany, 392.

Milan, ib.

Russia, ib.

America, 393.

British colonies, 393, 404.

India, 393.

Canada, ib.

New Zealand, ib.

in support of application to dispense with husband's concurrence in

wife's disposition, 396.

will not be received on application for advice of court, 723.

AGENT,

who is, for purpose of acknowledgments, 215, 246.

See ACKNOWLEDGMENTS UNDER THE STATUTES OF LIMITATION.
interest allowed between principal and, 257.

AGREEMENT,

AIR,

by tenant in tail does not bind issue in tail, 343.

not to bar dower, may be enforced, 430.

for lease, questions formerly arising as to, 633-635.

right to unobstructed passage of air through window may be acquired
at common law, 129.

but passage of air to mill cannot be acquired by prescription under
statute, 8, 129.

remedies for pollution of air, 129, 130.

ALIENATION,

life interest determinable on, 381.
condition restraining, of real estate, 382.

ALIENS,

may execute a disentailing deed, 321.

not to be appointed protector, 335.

may take, hold, acquire and dispose of property, like a natural-born
subject, 501.

can dispose of personalty by will, 500.

formerly incapable of devising realty, ib.

but now capable, 501.

appointment of, as trustee, 670, 671, 672.

affidavit verifying acknowledgment of married woman in, 393.

ANCESTOR,

lineal, to be admitted, 452.

formerly excluded, ib.

male to be preferred, 453.

mother of more remote male, preferred, ib.

seisin of, 441, 455.

ANCIENT DEMESNE,

tenure of, what, 309.

fines and recoveries in the Court of Common Pleas of lands in, provi-

sions as to, 309, 310.

tenure of, when restored, 310.

ANNUITY,

distinct from a rent-charge, 139.

given by will may be distrained for, 138.

charged on land,

within word "rent" in 3 & 4 Will. 4, c. 27..132, 139.

six years' arrears only can be recovered, 251.

but when secured by specialty, twenty years' arrears can be
recovered, 251, 259.

not charged on land,

a legacy within 3 & 4 Will. 4, c. 27, s. 42..140, 243.
whether extinguished by non-payment for twenty years, 140.
where secured by bond, when time begins to run, 260.

when secured by trust, arrears recoverable, 204, 243, 254.
interest not allowed on arrears of, 257.

in lieu of dower,

effect of receiving, 429.

priority of, 431.

apportionment of, in respect of time, 550. See 555.