OF

JUDGMENTS AND ORDERS

IN THE

HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE

AND

COURT OF APPEAL,

HAVING ESPECIAL REFERENCE TO THE CHANCERY DIVISION,

WITH

PRACTICAL NOTES,

BY THE LATE

HON. SIR H. W. SETON,

SOMETIME ONE OF THE JUDGES OF THE SUPREME COURT OF CALCUTTA.

ONE OF THE REGISTRARS OF THE SUPREME COURT OF JUDICATURE;

STEVENS AND SONS, LIMITED,

119 & 120, CHANCERY LANE,
Law Publishers.

LONDON:

PRINTED BY C. F. ROWORTH, GREAT NEW STREET, FETTER LANE-E.C.

CONTENTS OF VOL. II.

CHAPTER XXXVII.

MARRIED WOMEN.

SECTION I.-MARRIED WOMAN PLAINTIFF OR Defendant.

FORMS-1. Judgment against a married woman. 2. Judgment against

woman married after 1870 and before 1883, in respect of an ante-

nuptial debt-Married Women's Property Act, 1870 (33 & 34 V.

c. 93), s. 12. 3. Judgment against a married woman plt-costs.

4. Another order against a married woman plt. 5. Interest of

married woman plt charged with trustees' costs notwithstanding

restraint. 6. Receiver appointed after judgment against a married

woman plt. 7. Judgment against a widow on a contract made
during coverture after Act of 1882, and before Act of 1893

Pages 885-887

NOTES:-Married woman plt-Next friend-Costs-Married woman deft

-liability to be sued-Generally-Ante-nuptial debts-Judgment

against married woman-Action against husband-Summary de-

cision of questions between husband and wife as to property

SECTION II.-SEPARATE ESTATE.

(1.) SEPARATE ESTATE INDEPENDENT OF STATUTE.

887-895

FORMS-1. Judgment establishing and directing payment of a claim by

a creditor against a married woman's separate estate. 2. Judgment

charging a married woman's interest after her husband's bankruptcy

with her debts incurred before marriage. 3. Separate estate charged

with debt. 4. Inquiry as to separate estate. 5. Judgment charging

against her separate estate a debt incurred by a married woman.

6. Amount of debts and costs recovered in an action against a mar-

ried woman, declared a charge upon her separate property, without

prejudice to any rights of her trustee not made a party. 7. Declara-

tion of charge on married woman's separate estate, with account and

inquiry

896-899

NOTES:-Trust for separate use—.

rate estate

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-Rights and liabilities in respect of sepa-

(II.) RESTRAINT ON ANTICIPATION.

899-905

FORMS-1. Restraint on anticipation removed-Conveyancing Act, 1881,

s. 39. 2. Mortgage notwithstanding restraint-repayment secured

by life policy. 3. Liberty for married woman restrained from an-

ticipation to charge her life estate. 4. Another form. 5. Married

woman to be at liberty to concur in a mortgage. 6. Payment of

debts of married woman out of corpus notwithstanding restraint-

purchase of government annuity. 7. Payment of husband's debts-

restraint removed-amount secured by policy on life of wife

NOTES:-Restraint-Removal of restraint

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905-908

909-911