AUXILIARY FIAT, 87. in what cases, 87. the authority conferred by it, 87. sum due under, a good petitioning creditor's debt, 67. made before the bankruptcy may be proved, 114. B. BAKER, subject to the bankrupt laws, 43. BAIL of bankrupt discharged, by plaintiff proving the debt, 158. discharged after certificate if not fixed before, 299. deposition on proof by, ii. 43. BALANCE SHEET, ii. 65. BANK OF ENGLAND STOCK, proprietors of, not subject to the bankrupt law, 45. BANK OF ENGLAND, stocks, monies, &c. of the bankrupt's estate to be paid into, money received by the secretary for fiats, to be paid into, ii. 161. cashier of, shall pay the amount received for bills, into the if bill, &c. be dishonoured, cashier shall cause them to be and debit expenses to the particular estate, and certify the money paid into, by official assignee, may be invested in ex- See also PUBLIC SECURITIES. BANKER, subject to the bankrupt law, 37. in country fiats, appointed by the creditors, 167. produce of the bankrupt's estate to be lodged with him, 261. memorandum of the appointment, ii. 56. BANKRUPT-(continued). underwriters, 38. wharfingers, 38. packers, 38. builders, 38. carpenters, 39. shipwrights, 39. innkeepers, &c., 39. dyers, 39. printers, 39. bleachers, 39. fullers, 39. calenderers, 39. cattle or sheep salesmen, 39. persons using the trade of merchandize, 40. persons seeking their living by buying and selling, or buying whether men or women, aliens, denizens, or subjects, 45. his duties, 408. in surrendering, 408. delivering up his books, papers, &c., 409. attending and assisting the assignees, 409. answering to their satisfaction, 409. discovering and delivering up his estate, 410. joining the assignees in the conveyance of it, 410. his rights, privileges, and disabilities, may dispute his adjudication 22, 331, 410. his right to inspect books, 410. and the proceedings, 287. and to have copies of assignees' accounts, 410. his right to the surplus of his estate, 411. his right to his wearing apparel, 412. his right to allowance, 412, 441. his right to maintenance until he have passed his form of order for, ii. 52. may be appointed to manage estate, 378. if certificated, no longer liable for debts provable, 413. if uncertificated, privileged from arrest after surrender, 263, 414. and at all times for debts proved, 414. not liable upon the covenants in a lease, 415. may maintain actions in some cases, 414, 416. in some cases his bankruptcy does not affect his rights, 415. BANKRUPT-(continued). may be elected councillor under the Municipal Corporation Act, 416. in what cases he may prove upon his own estate, 150. actions and suits by and against him, 416. petition, 384, 340, 416. plea of his certificate, 417. his remedy, where a fiat is wrongly sued out against him, 78. after it, 84, 418. its effect, 418. his admissions, when evidence of the petitioning creditor' or act of bankruptcy, 89. in what case a competent witness at a trial, 401. not competent, before the commissioners, to prove the peti- in what cases his wife a competent witness, 402. if in custody at the suit of a creditor, must be discharged pre- form of the discharge, ii. 27. BANKRUPT OFFICE, 1. BANKRUPTS' ESTATES, undivided surplus of, must be paid into the Bank, 308. property given in contemplation of, by a trader to his creditor, of assignee, cause of removal, 165. of a petitioner, its effect, 346. BANKRUPTCY, ACT OF. See ACT OF BANKRUPTCY. of copyholds, form of, ii. 102. BASE FEE of bankrupt in lands of any tenure may be disposed effect and operation of such disposition, 179. BEGINNING TO KEEP HOUSE, when an act of bankruptcy, 51. taxation, 314, ii. 58. memorandum of taxing, ii. 53. form of, ii. 161, &c. BILLS OF EXCHANGE, proof, by creditor holding, 105-111. depositions, ii. 28–33. in the hands of the bankrupt pass to his assignees, when, 196, 242. in the hands of others may be indorsed after bankruptcy, BILLS OF EXCHANGE-(continued). in town fiats, if unaccepted, to be presented for acceptance, shall be deposited in the Bank, 168. to the credit of the Accountant in Bankruptcy, and the when become due, shall be presented for payment by cashier if dishonoured, shall be noted or protested and again deposited payment or dishonour to be certified to the Accountant in notice of dishonour to be given by official assignee, 371. accommodation bills pass to assignees, when, 196. form of proof for, ii. 31. BLEACHER, subject to the bankrupt laws, 39. BOND of the petitioning creditor, 77. form of, ii. 3. by whom given, 77. how attested, 77. and how and in what cases enforced, 78. to replace stock, 103. deposition for proof under, ii. 39. to perform an award, proof under, ii. 39. debt secured by, may support a fiat, 70. proof by creditor holding, 103. depositions, ii. 38, 39. BOOKS, papers, &c., production of, how compelled, 278, 280, 377. BOTTOMRY BOND, proof by creditor holding, 144. depositions, ii. 38. claim, ii. 50. BRICKMAKER, when liable to be bankrupt, 41, 43. BROKER, stockbroker, pawnbroker, &c. subject to the bankrupt law, 37. BUILDER, subject to the bankrupt law, 38. BUTCHER, liable to the bankrupt law, 41, 43. BUTLERS, of the king, liable to become bankrupt, 47. and selling, persons seeking their living by, subject to C. CALENDERER, subject to the bankrupt law, 39. CERTIFICATE, of appointment of assignees to be registered, in what cases, under town fiats, to be delivered to the assignees by the re- under country fiats duplicate certificates to be made and signed where brought to be sealed, duplicates shall be produced with affi- form of, ii. 55. to be signed when assignees are appointed, and without fee, ii. 55. what, 285. to be signed by the creditors, 285. or by persons deputed by them by power of attorney, when, 287. affidavit of the signatures made, 287. contract or security to the creditor for signing void, 288. and attested by the solicitor, 289. to be allowed, 289. advertisement thereof in the Gazette, 290. in what cases suspended, stayed, recalled, or void, 290–295. - 1st, in discharging his person and property from all debts provided it be not a second fiat, under which he has or that he be not himself assignee of a bankrupt, and 3rdly, his bail shall be discharged, 299. not to be received in evidence unless entered of record, 398. form of supplementary certificate, ii. 93. power of attorney to sign certificate, ii. 94. |