The Compiled Laws of the State of Michigan: Published by Authority, Part 2

Front Cover
Hosmer & Kerr, printers to the state, 1857

From inside the book

Contents

TITLE XXIV
871
Of the Inventory and Collection of the Effects of Deceased Persons
880
Of Rendering Accounts by Executors and Administrators
898
Of Probate Bonds and the Prosecution thereof
906
Of the Sale of Lands of Minors and other Persons under Guardianship and Investing
924
TITLE XXVI
941
General Provisions Relating to Fraudulent Conveyances and Contracts
947
General Provisions Concerning Husband and Wife
961
Of Guardians and Wards
968
Of Masters Apprentices and Servants
976
Of the Circuit Courts
991
Of the District Court in the Upper Peninsula
1003
Of the Probate Courts
1033
Of Courts held by Justices of the Peace
1040
Of Criminal Proceedings before Justices of the Peace
1096
Of Circuit Court Commissioners Attorneys and other Judicial Officers
1105
General Provisions Concerning Courts and the Powers and Duties of Certain Judicial
1112
Of Proceedings as for Contempts to enforce Civil Remedies and to Protect
1127
TITLE XXIX
1135
Of Pleadings and Setoffs
1146
Of Consolidating and Referring Causes
1153
Of Evidence
1160
Of the Trial of Issues of Fact
1186
Of Amending Pleadings and Proceedings
1200
Of the Assessment of Damages
1203
Of Judgments and Executions
1206
Of the Homestead Exemption
1217
Provisions Concerning Actions and Proceedings in Certain Cases
1219
TITLE XXX
1229
Of the Partition of Lands owned by several Persons
1242
Of Waste
1258
Of Trespasses on Lands
1261
Of the Action for Private Nuisances
1262
General Provisions Concerning Actions Relating to Real Estate
1264
TITLE XXXI
1268
Of Proceedings for the Collection of Demands against Ships Boats and Vessels
1313
Of Proceedings to Recover the Possession of Land in Certain Cases
1322
Of the Action for Causing Death by Wrongful Act Neglect or Default
1329
Of the Action of Replevin
1330
Of Distraining and Replevying Beasts
1338
Of the Lien of Mechanics and Others
1342
Of the Collection of Penalties Forfeitures and Fines and of Forfeited Recognizances
1350
Of Arbitrations
1358
Of the Foreclosure of Mortgages by Advertisement
1363
Of Proceedings to Compel the Delivery of Books and Papers by Public Officers to their Successors
1367
TITLE XXXII
1370
Of Informations in the Nature of a Quo Warranto and in certain other cases
1390
Of Writs of Mandamus and Prohibition
1396
Of Writs of Error and Certiorari
1399
TITLE XXXIV
1411
Of the Relief of Insolvent Debtors from Imprisonment
1424
Of the Powers Duties and Obligations of Assignees of Insolvent Debtors under this
1432
Of the Relief of Poor Debtors from Imprisonment
1443
TITLE XXXV
1449
virtue of Civil Process
1455
Of the Fees of Certain Officers in Civil Cases
1468
Of the Fees of Officers and Ministers of Justice in Criminal Cases
1493
Of the Rights of Persons who are Accused of Crimes and Offences
1501
TITLE XXXIX
1569
Of Indictments and Proceedings before Trial
1580
Of Trials in Criminal Cases
1591
Of Judgments in Criminal Cases and the Execution thereof
1598
TITLE XL
1607
CHAPTER COIL Of the State Prison and the Government and Discipline thereof
1613
CHAPTER CCIIL of the House of Correction for Juvenile Delinquents
1628
AN ACT to Authorize the Business of Banking
1635
ABSTRACT of the Laws of the United States Relative to the Naturalization of Aliens
1654
AN ACT to Prescribe the Mode in which Public Records and Judicial Proceedings in each State shall
1660
Of the Specific Performance by Executors and Administrators of the Contracts of
1765

Other editions - View all

Common terms and phrases

Popular passages

Page 1648 - ... a copy of an indictment found or an affidavit made before a magistrate of any state or territory charging the person demanded with having committed treason, felony, or other crime, certified as authentic by the governor or chief magistrate of the state or territory from whence the person so charged has fled, it shall be the duty of the executive authority of the state or territory to which such person has fled to cause him to be arrested and secured...
Page 1646 - The records and judicial proceedings of the courts of any state or territory, or of any such country, shall be proved or admitted in any other court within the United States by the attestation of the clerk, and the seal of the court annexed, if there be a seal, together with a certificate of the judge, chief justice, or presiding magistrate that the said attestation is in due form.
Page 1318 - ... in every such action the jury may give such damages as they may think proportioned to the injury resulting from such death to the parties respectively for whom and for whose benefit such action shall be brought...
Page 1623 - To exercise by its board of directors or duly authorized officers or agents, subject to law, all such incidental powers as shall be necessary to carry on the business of banking; by discounting and negotiating promissory notes, drafts, bills of exchange, and other evidences of debt; by receiving deposits; by buying and selling exchange, coin, and bullion; by loaning money on personal security; and by obtaining, issuing, and circulating notes according to the provisions of this title.
Page 1641 - ... that he will support the Constitution of the United States, and that he doth absolutely and entirely renounce and abjure all allegiance and fidelity to every foreign prince, potentate, state or sovereignty whatever, and particularly, by name, the prince, potentate, state or sovereignty whereof he was before a citizen or subject; which proceedings shall be recorded by the clerk of the court.
Page 819 - Future estates are either vested or contingent. They are vested when there is a person in being who would have an immediate right to the possession of the lands upon the ceasing of the intermediate or precedent estate. They are contingent while the person to whom, or the event upon which, they are limited to take effect, remains uncertain.
Page 898 - He shall be allowed all necessary expenses in the care, management and settlement of the estate...
Page 1097 - ... take and subscribe the oath of office prescribed by the constitution of this state...
Page 1646 - Judicial proceedings, authenticated as aforesaid, shall have such faith and credit given to them in every court within the United States as they have by law or usage in the courts of the state from whence the said records are or shall be taken.
Page 1206 - Such exemption shall not extend to any mortgage thereon lawfully obtained ; but such mortgage or other alienation of such land by the owner thereof, if a married man, shall not be valid without the signature of the wife to the same.