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The Maryland Code : Public General Laws and Public Local Laws, 1860
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10 ABATEMENT. [ART. 2.

7. The singular always includes the plural, and vice versa,
except where such construction would be unreasonable.

8. The word negro always includes mulatto.

9. Wherever an oath is required by this code an affirmation
shall be sufficient, if made by a person conscientiously scrupulous
of taking an oath.

10. The boundaries and limits of each of the counties of
this State and of the city of Baltimore shall remain as now
established.

11. Where the general public law and the local public law of
any county, city, town or district are in conflict, the public local
law shall prevail.

12. The word county shall be construed to include the city of
Baltimore, unless such construction would be unreasonable.

ARTICLE II.
Abatement

SEC. 1. No action of ejectment, waste, partition, dower, re-
plevin, or any personal action, including appeals from judgments
rendered by justices of the peace, in any court of law in this
State, shall abate by the death of either or any of the parties to
such action, but upon the death of any defendant the action shall
be continued, and the heir or executor of the defendant, or other
person interested on the part of the defendant, may appear
to such action, and in case the proper person to defend
doth not appear at the court at which the death is suggested,
the plaintiff may issue a summons, returnable to the next
court, directed to the proper person to defend such action, and
upon such summons being served the person summoned shall
appear; this not to apply to actions for slander or for injuries
to the person.


2. If such person shall fail to appear upon being summoned
as aforesaid, the court shall issue an attachment of contempt

 

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