Revocation of adminiftration, 18, 19, 20.

of a will, 163.

- how it may be revoked by acts in law, and alteration
of circumstances, 164.

S

Scieri facias may be sued by a new adminiftrator, 44.
Security for entering on executorfhip, 190.

- for paying a legacy, 213.

Seifin, difference between a feifin in law and seifin in deed, 94.
Simple contract debts, 57.

one fimple contract creditor, may be paid his whole debt,
if no fuit is commenced, 58.

Sound mind and memory, perfons prefumed fo to be, unless the
contrary be proved, 141.

Specialty debts, when to be paid, 55.

heir liable thereto, 93, 94.

Spiritual court, how the officers thereof fhall act, with refpect to
perfons applying for probates and administrations, 10,

II, 12.

its power for compelling adminiftrators to make distri-
bution, 61.

Stamps on which discharges for legacies, &c. are to be written,
64, 65, 66.

if fpoiled in writing, may be recovered, 246.

Surplus, or refiduum, of perfonal eftate undevifed, to whom it
fhall go, 155, 156. 183, 184. 206.

Sufpenfion of administration, 50.

Table of diftribution, 83.

T

Tenants in fee-fimple, fee-tail, and for term of life, 24. 26.
Teftament, diftinction between that and a will, 1.

Traitors, forfeiture of their lands and goods, 145, 146.

U

Ufe of a will, where a man thereby bequeaths juft the fame as the
law would difpofe in cafe of inteftacy, 122, 123.

where a man leaves a wife, and several children of age, 123.
where a man leaves no wife, but children under age, 124.

W

Wager of law, 55.

Widow, for her hare of perfonal eftate in cafe of inteftacy. See
Diftribution. Her fhare in real and copyhold eftate.
See Dower and Copyhold.
T

Widow,

Widow, her distributive fhare fatisfaction for her husband's co-
venant, 67.

barred of her customary and distributive shares as wife of

a freeman of London, 104, 105, 106.

barred as wife of an inhabitant of York, 114.

Widow's chamber, by the custom of London, 103.

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what widows have been allowed by the custom of York,
114.

Wife alone, cannot difpofe of her real estate, 96.

may make a will with her husband's confent, 142, 143.
may be attorney for her husband, and he may bequeath any
thing to her, but cannot grant her any thing by deed,
156.

Will, what a man may difpofe of thereby, 127, 128.

what he may not difpofe of thereby, 129.

eftates to be fo difpofed of, as not to be rendered unaliena-

ble, 133.

perfons for want of fufficient difcretion, refrained from
making wills, 138.

reftrained for want of fufficient liberty and free will, 142.
incapable of making wills on account of criminal conduct,
145-

rules for the conftruction of wills, 148.

laft will overthrows a former, 151.

where real estate is devifed, the will must be figned by the
teftator, and fubfcribed by three witneffes, 152, 153.
witnesses should be difinterested perfons, 153.

if the will concern only perfonal eftate, it is fafeft to have
two witneffes, 154.

method to preferve a will from being clandeftinely destroyed,
126.

how the will may be revoked, fee Revocation. Con-
cerning proving it, and refufing to prove it, fee Pro-
bate and Refufal. For what an executor may do before
it is proved, fee Executor. For the method of proving
a will, and obtaining administration by commiflion, fee
the latter part of the explanation preceding the contents.

FINIS.