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Alexander's British statutes in force in Maryland. 2d ed., 1912
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916 6 ANN. CAP. 18, CETTEUX QUE VIE.
676 or other Person so concealed, in the Court of *Chancery,
or before such Commissioners, -whereof Return shall be made
by such Commissioners, and that Return filed in the Petty-Bag-
Office, in either or any of the said Cases, the said Minor, married
Woman, or such other Person so concealed, shall be taken to be
dead, and it shall be lawful for any Person claiming any Right,
Title or Interest in Remainder or Reversion, or otherwise, after
the death of such Infant, married Woman, or such other Persons
so concealed, as aforesaid, to enter upon such Lands, Tenements
and Hereditaments, as if such Infant, married Woman, or other
Person, so concealed, were actually dead.
II. And be it further enacted by the Authority aforesaid,
That if it shall appear to the said Court by Affidavit, that such
Minor, married Woman, or other Persons, for whose Life such
Estate is holden, is, or lately was at some certain Place beyond
the Seas in the said Affidavit to be mentioned, it shall and may
be lawful for the Party or Parties prosecuting such Order, as
aforesaid, at his, her, or their Costs and Charges, to send over
one or both the said Persons appointed by the said Order, to
view such Minor, married Woman, or other Person, for whose
Life any such Estate is holden; and in case such Guardian,
Trustee, Husband or other Person concealing or suspected to
conceal such Persons, as aforesaid, shall refuse or neglect to
produce or procure to be produced to such Person or Persons,
a personal View of such Infant, married Woman or other Per-
son, for whose Life any such Estate is holden, That then and in
such Case such Person or Persons are hereby required to make
a true Return of such Refusal or neglect to the Court of
Chancery, which Return shall be filed in the Petty-Bag-Office,
and thereupon such Minor, married Woman, or other Person, for
whose Life any such Estate is holden, shall be taken to be dead;
and it shall be lawful for any Person claiming any Right, Title
or Interest, is Remainder, Reversion or otherwise, after the
Death of such Infant, married Woman, or other Person, for
whose Life any such Estate is holden, to enter upon such Lands,
Tenements and Hereditaments, as if such Infant, married
Woman, or other Person, for whose Life any such Estate is
holden, were actually dead.
III. Provided always. That if it shall afterwards appear upon
Proof, in any Action to be brought, that such Infant, married
Woman, or other Person, for whose Life any such Estate is

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