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Pursuant to the "Act concerning the Revised Statutes," passed on the 10th of December, 1828, We, the undersigned, two of the Revisers of the Statutes of the state of New-York, do hereby certify, that the text of the Revised Statutes contained in this volume, has been examined and compared by us with the original acts passed by the Legislature, and with the acts amending such originals; and that this volume was printed by the printers employed by us for that purpose, under the authority conferred by law.

B. F. BUTLER,

JOHN C. SPENCER.

June 5, 1829.

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Title 1. Of husband and wife: Containing five || CHAP. II. OF COURTS OF PECULIAR AND

Articles.

SPECIAL JURISDICTION: Containing four Ti-

tles.

Title 1. Of surrogates' courts, 220.

Art. 3. Of divorces dissolving the marriage

contract, 144.

Art. 4. Of separations, or limited divorces,

146.

Art. 13. General provisions concerning justices courts, and proceedings therein, 266. CHAP. III. GENERAL PROVISIONS CONCERN

ING COURTS OF JUSTICE, AND THE POWERS
AND DUTIES OF CERTAIN JUDICIAL OFFI-

CERS: Containing two Titles.

Title 1. General provisions concerning the courts of justice specified in the two preceding Chapters, 274.

Title 2. General provisions concerning courts of record, and the powers and duties of certain judicial officers: Containing four Articles.

Art. 1. Provisions concerning courts of record, their process and proceedings, 276. Art. 2. Of the powers and duties of certain judicial officers, 279.

Art. 3. Of the officers of courts of record, their duties, privileges and liabilities, 286. Art. 4. Miscellaneous provisions concerning courts of record, 290.

CHAP. IV. OF ACTIONS, AND THE TIMES OF COMMENCING THEM: Containing two Titles.

Title 1. Of actions, and their general divisions, 291.

Title 2 of the time of commencing actions: Containing six Articles.

Art. 1. Of the time of commencing actions relating to real property, 292.

Art. 2. Of the time of commencing actions for the recovery of any debt or demand, or for damages only, 295.

Art. 3. Of the time of commencing actions for penalties and forfeitures, 297.

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Title 4. Of judgments: Containing two Articles.

Art. 1. General provisions concerning judgments, 358.

Art. 2. Of docketing judgments, their priority, and the mode of cancelling and discharging them, 360.

Title 5. Of executions, and the duties of officers thereon: Containing four Articles. Art. 1. General provisions, 363. Art. 2. Of executions against property, 365. Art. 3. Of remedies for failure of title to real estate sold by execution, and to enforce contribution between several owners of lands subject to the same judgment, 375. Art. 4. Executions against the person, 376. Title 6. Provisions concerning certain proceedings in the progress of an action at law: Containing four Articles.

Art. 1. Of proceedings against joint debtors, 377.

Art. 2. Of proceedings on bonds for the performance of covenants, 378.

Art. 3. Of bail, and proceedings to charge and exonerate them, 379.

Art. 4. Of consolidating and referring causes, 383.

OF A GENERAL NATURE, APPLICABLE TO PROCEEDINGS IN CIVIL CAUSES: Containing six Titles.

Art. 4. General provisions concerning the CHAP. VII. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS commencement of suits, and the persons and cases excepted from the operation of the preceding Articles of this Title, 298. Art. 5. Of the presumption of payment arising from the lapse of time, 300.

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Title 1. Of the abatement of suits by death, marriage, or otherwise, and of their revival, 386.

Title 2. Of the removal of causes before trial
or judgment, from inferior courts, 388.
Title 3. Of evidence: Containing nine Articles.
Art. 1. Of taking, conditionally, the testimo-

ny of witnesses within this state, 391. Art. 2. Of taking the testimony of witnesses out of this state, 393.

Art. 3. Of affidavits taken, and other judicial proceedings had, in other states and foreign countries, 396.

Art. 4. Of depositions taken in this state, to be used in courts of other states and countries, 397.

Art. 5. Of proceedings to perpetuate testimony, 398.

Art. 6. Of witnesses, their privileges, and compelling their attendance, 400.

Art. 7. Of documentary evidence, and the preservation thereof, 403.

Art. 8. Of the examination of witnesses, of

certain rules of evidence, and of evidence

in certain cases, 405.

Art. 9. Of the administration of oaths and

affirmations, 407.

Title 4. Of the trial of issues of fact: Con-
taining four Articles.

Art. 1. General provisions concerning trials,

and the proceedings preparatory thereto,

408.

Art. 2. Of the return and summoning of ju-

rors, 410.

Art. 3. Of special juries, 418.

Art. 4. Of trial and its incidents, 419.

Title 5. Of amending pleadings and proceed-

ings, 424.

Title 6. Of the powers and duties of sheriffs,

coroners and other officers, in the arrest and

imprisonment of persons in civil actions; in

the return and execution of process; and in

certain other cases: Containing nine Arti-

cles.

Art. 1. Of the arrest of persons on civil pro-

cess, 426.

Art. 2. Of the imprisonment of persons ar-

rested on civil process, 427.

Art. 3. Of the liberties of jails, and admitting

prisoners thereto, 431,

Art. 4. Of escapes, and the liabilities of she-

riffs therefor, 437.

Art. 5. Proceedings on the election or ap-

pointment of a new sheriff, 438.

Art. 6. Of the duties of sheriffs, in the execu-

tion and return of process, 439.

Art. 7. Proceedings in case of resistance to

the execution of process, 441.

Art. 8. Provisions concerning the duties of

coroners in executing civil process, in ca-

ses where sheriffs are parties, 441.

Art. 9. Provisions concerning persons com-

mitted under the authority of courts of the

United States to jails within this state, 443.

CHAP. VIII. OF PROCEEDINGS IN SPECIAL

CASES: Containing seventeen Titles.

Art. 2. Of proceedings against corporations,

in equity, 461.

Art. 3. Of the voluntary dissolution of cor-

porations, 466.

Art. 4. Of proceedings by and against public

bodies having certain corporate powers,

and by and against the officers represent-

ing them, 473.

Title 5. Of suits against sheriffs, surrogates

and other officers, on their official bonds, 476.

Title 6. Of actions for penalties and forfeit-

ures; and provisions for the collection and

remission of forfeited recognizances and

fines imposed by courts: Containing two

Articles.

Art. 1. Of actions for penalties and forfeit-

ures, 480.

Art. 2. Provisions respecting the collection

and remission of fines imposed by courts,

and of forfeited recognizances, 483.

Title 7. Of proceedings for the admeasure-

ment of dower, 488.

Title 8. Of proceedings for the collection of

demands against ships and vessels, 492.

Title 9. Of proceedings for the recovery of

rent, and of demised premises: Containing

two Articles.

Art. 1. Of distress for rent, 500.

Art. 2. Of the recovery of possession of de-

mised premises, for non-payment of rent,

by ejectment, 505.

Title 10. Summary proceedings to recover

the possession of land in certain cases: Con-

taining two Articles.

Art. 1. Of forcible entries and detainers, 507.

Art. 2. Summary proceedings to recover the

possession of land in other cases, 511.

Title 11. Of distraining cattle and other chat-

tels doing damage, and of distraining in oth-

er cases, 517.

Title 12. Of the action of replevin, 521.

Title 13. Of proceedings as for contempts, to

enforce civil remedies, and to protect the

rights of parties in civil actions, 534.

Title 1. Of the bringing and maintaining of Title 14. Of arbitrations, 540.

suits by poor persons, 444.

Title 2. Proceedings by and against infants,
445.

Title 3. Of suits by and against executors
and administrators; and against heirs, devi-
sees and legatees: Containing two Articles.
Art. 1. Of suits by and against executors and
administrators, 447.

Art. 2. Of suits by and against legatees; and
against next of kin, heirs and devisees; and
between heirs and devisees, 450.
Title 4. Of proceedings by and against corpo-
rations, and public bodies having certain
corporate powers, and by and against offi-
cers representing them: Containing four
Articles.

Art. 1. Of proceedings by and against corpo-

rations, in courts of law, 457.

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