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