CONTENTS.

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CHAPTER I.[1]
Introduction.—Legacies and Legatees[1]
Legacies and Legatees[3]
CHAPTER II.[9]
The Assets[9]
Real Assets[10]
Personal Assets[15]
Legal Assets of Choses in Action[21]
Equitable Assets[23]
Contingent and Dependent Assets[27]
CHAPTER III.[35]
Marshalling of the Assets[35]
CHAPTER IV.[43]
Legacies.—General, Specific, Lapsed, Vested, Demonstrative[43]
General Legacies[44]
Specific Legacies[45]
The Vesting of Legacies[52]
The Lapsing of Legacies[54]
Demonstrative Legacies[56]
CHAPTER V.[58]
Assent to Legacies[58]
Assent of the Executor[58]
Nature of the Assent[61]
Absolute and Conditional Assent[63]
CHAPTER VI.[67]
Payment of Legacies[67]
The Legatees[68]
To whom Legacies should be paid[73]
Duty upon Legacies[80]
Interest on Legacies[82]
CHAPTER VII.[85]
The Ademption, Cumulation, and Abatement of Legacies[85]
The Ademption of Legacies[86]
Cumulation of Legacies[89]
Legacies in Satisfaction of Debt[90]
Abatement and Refunding of Legacies[92]
CHAPTER VIII.[94]
Legacies to Executors, and Legatees’ Remedies against them[94]
Legatees’ Remedy against the Executor[96]
Rates of Duty payable on Legacies, Annuities &c.[97]

THE
LAW OF LEGACIES.