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36 ACCOUNT.
them yearly) and as such endorsed on the account,
they must, together with the account,
and books out of which they were severally
taken, be produced before a magistrate, or before
the deputy commissary of that county, who
then certifies at the foot of the account, that he
hath examined the several probates and accounts
with the books from which they were taken,
and finds them truly extracted.
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At the same time the creditor must take such
another probate for the latter part of the account,
commonly remaining unproved in the
books, by reason of the twelve months, in
which such part is to be proved remains as yet
unexpired, or where the deceased died after the
date of the last probate to the account: thus
executed the account is compleat, and may safely
be paid and allowed.
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It is to be understood, that the above regulates
only the accounts of creditors then living,
against the estate of the debtor deceased; for if
the creditor be dead, then the executors or administrators
of such deceased creditor, must to
every account they draw off, as due to their
deceased, besides the aforementioned probate,
make one themselves, to be endorsed on the account,
in the following words, viz. |
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