defendant or respondent to such proceedings, be removed as of right into the High Court of Justice in England or Ireland (aa the case may be), by writ of certiorari or otherwise as may be prescribed by any rule of such High Court 1 but any order made or act done lit the course of such proceedings prior to such removal shall be valid, unless order shall be made to the contrary by such High Court : Provided also, that the judge of the High Court of Justice or of the county court, or the chairman of the civil bill court. If either party so require, may hear any such application in his private room 1 Provided also, that any such bank, corpor- ation, company, public body, or society aa aforesaid, shall, in the matter of any such application for the purposes of cost or otherwise, be treated as a stakeholder only. 18. A married woman who is an execu- trix or administratrix alone or Jointly with any other person or persons of the estate of any deceased person, or a trustee alone or jointly as aforesaid of property subject to any trust, may sue or be sued, and may transfer or join In transferring any such annuity or deposit as aforesaid, or any sum forming part of the public stock or funds, or of any other stocks or funds transferable as aforesaid, or any share, stock, deben- ture, debenture stock, or other benefit, right, claim or other Interest of or in any such corporation, company, public body, or society in that character, without her hus- band, as if she were a feme sole. 19. Nothing in this Act contained shall interfere with or affect any settlement or agreement for a settlement made or to be made, whether before or after marriage, respecting the property of any married woman, or shall interfere with or render inoperative any restriction against anticipa- tion at present attached or to be hereafter attached to the enjoyment of any property or income by a woman under any settle- ment, agreement for a settlement, will, or other instrument; but no restriction against anticipation contained in any set- tlement or agreement for a settlement of a woman’s own property to be made or entered into by herself shall have any validity against debts contracted by her before marriage, and no settlement or agreement for a settlement shall have any greater force or validity against creditors of such woman than a like settlement or agreement for a settlement made or enter- ed into by a man would have against hla creditors. 20. Where in England the husband of any woman having separate property becomes chargeable to any union or parish, the justices having jurisdiction In such union or parish may, in petty sessions assembled, upon application of the guard- ians of the poor, issue a summons against the wife, and make and enforce such order MAR 254 MAR

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defendant or respondent to such proceedings, be removed as of right into the High Court of Justice in England or Ireland (aa the case may be), by writ of certiorari or otherwise as may be prescribed by any rule of such High Court 1 but any order made or act done lit the course of such proceedings prior to such removal shall be valid, unless order shall be made to the contrary by such High Court : Provided also, that the judge of the High Court of Justice or of the county court, or the chairman of the civil bill court. If either party so require, may hear any such application in his private room 1 Provided also, that any such bank, corporation, company, public body, or society aa aforesaid, shall, in the matter of any such application for the purposes of cost or otherwise, be treated as a stakeholder only. 18. A married woman who is an executrix or administratrix alone or Jointly with any other person or persons of the estate of any deceased person, or a trustee alone or jointly as aforesaid of property subject to any trust, may sue or be sued, and may transfer or join In transferring any such annuity or deposit as aforesaid, or any sum forming part of the public stock or funds, or of any other stocks or funds transferable as aforesaid, or any share, stock, debenture, debenture stock, or other benefit, right, claim or other Interest of or in any such corporation, company, public body, or society in that character, without her husband, as if she were a feme sole. 19. Nothing in this Act contained shall interfere with or affect any settlement or agreement for a settlement made or to be made, whether before or after marriage, respecting the property of any married woman, or shall interfere with or render inoperative any restriction against anticipation at present attached or to be hereafter attached to the enjoyment of any property or income by a woman under any settlement, agreement for a settlement, will, or other instrument; but no restriction against anticipation contained in any settlement or agreement for a settlement of a woman’s own property to be made or entered into by herself shall have any validity against debts contracted by her before marriage, and no settlement or agreement for a settlement shall have any greater force or validity against creditors of such woman than a like settlement or agreement for a settlement made or entered into by a man would have against hla creditors. 20. Where in England the husband of any woman having separate property becomes chargeable to any union or parish, the justices having jurisdiction In such union or parish may, in petty sessions assembled, upon application of the guardians of the poor, issue a summons against the wife, and make and enforce such order MAR MAR

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