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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] |