No distinction between the law of England and that of the Colonies, except
in the means by which real property becomes the subject of sale under
executions at law. The statute 5 Geo. II., c. 7.-In Jamaica lands are
taken in execution under the Jamaica Act, 24 Geo. II., c. 19.-The writ
of extent. The proceedings thereunder. The title acquired.-In Bar-
badoes the writ of execution is under a colonial act.-It includes the land
as well as personalty. The proceedings thereunder.-The writ under the
Leeward Island Act, in St. Christopher, Montserrat, Nevis, Antigua,
Tortola, and the Virgin Islands.-Executions in St. Vincent, Tobago,
Dominica, Grenada. The order in which the levy is made.-At what
time sale is made.-Publication and notice.-Who are precluded from
bidding or purchasing.-Consequences of default in paying purchase
money.-Writ of twenty per cent. - Property subject to be taken in
execution.-Effect of the conveyance by the provost marshal.-From what
period a lien attaches.-Act of Grenada to protect purchasers under
decrees pro confesso.-Law of the Bahamas.-Bermuda.-Upper Canada.
-Nova Scotia.-New Brunswick.-Prince Edward's Island.
DELIVERY, AND THE INSTRUMENT OR TITLE OF TRANSFER, UNDER
THE CIVIL LAW, IN CANADA, ST. LUCIA, MAURITIUS, COUTUME OF
NORMANDY, TRINIDAD, BRITISH GUIANA, CAPE OF GOOD HOPE, AND
CEYLON.
The statute of frauds.-The forms of conveyance in the several states.-A
scroll is in some states equivalent to a seal.-The probate, or acknow-
ledgment and registration of deeds required by the acts of the several
states. In what manner made.-When the deed is executed in the state
or in another state of the Union, or in a foreign state. The acknow-
ledgment and registration of deeds executed by married women.-The
provision made for compelling the grantor, in case of his refusal, to ac-
knowledge the deed. The nature of the proof in case of the death or
absence of the grantor or witnesses before acknowledgment.-In what
states the records or copies are admitted equally with the originals.—Or
only when the non-production of the original is not accounted for.-The
provisions on these several subjects in the states of New York, Delaware,
New Jersey, Alabama, Missouri, Mississippi, South Carolina, Tennessee,
Maryland, Maine, Kentucky, Vermont, New Hampshire, Connecticut,
Rhode Island, North Carolina, Virginia, Ohio, Georgia, Indiana, Illinois,
Massachusetts, and Louisiana.
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