CERTIFICATE-(continued).

affidavit of having seen the creditors sign it, ii. 95.

list of creditors who have proved and of those signing certificate,
ii. 96.

affidavit by the bankrupt that it was fairly obtained, ii. 97.
memorandum of the commissioners having signed it, ii. 97.
advertisement for the allowance of it, ii. 98.

petition to stay it, ii. 152.

allowance, ii. 98.

under a joint fiat, 439.

under a separate fiat, supra.

supplemental, ii. 93.

under a second fiat, its effect, 297.
plea of, 417.

CERTIFICATE of commissioners,

of the consent of creditors to annulling the fiat, ii. 136.
under Lord Eldon's order, ii. 141.

under Lord Apsley's, ii. 157.

to the Speaker of the House of Commons, ii. 161.

to enable a creditor to see the bankrupt in prison, ii. 52.
of unclaimed dividends, and undivided surplus, 309, 378.
form of, ii. 124.

CHANCELLOR,

his authority in cases of bankruptcy transferred to the Court
of Review, 32.

appellate jurisdiction of, 23. See APPEAL.

original jurisdiction, 33.

may issue fiat in lieu of commission, 81.

may direct judges to return lists of persons for commissioners

in the country, 12.

may order any fiat to be annulled, 33, 320.

may appoint official assignees, 160.

and fill up vacancies in their number, 161.
may lessen fees payable to secretary, ii. 161.
CHEESE-DEALER, when liable to the baukrupt laws, 42.
CHELSEA HOSPITAL. See ARMY PRIZE MONEY.

CHILD of bankrupt, proof on behalf of, 145.

CHOICE of assignees. See ASSIGNEES.

CHOSES IN ACTION pass to assignees, 195.
proof by the assignee of, 151.

CIDER-DEALER, when liable to the bankrupt laws, 42.

CLAIM, how and in what cases made, 153.

form of it by a creditor, ii. 49.

by a clerk or agent, ii. 49.

on a bottomry or respondentia bond, or policy of insurance, ii. 50.
when struck out, 301, ii. 121.

CLERGYMEN, subject to the bankrupt laws, 44, 47.

CLERK, proof of salary of, 116.

allowance to, 116.

form of order for allowance, ii. 51.

CLERK OF ENROLMENTS, 4.

how appointed, 4.

CLOTHIER, subject to the bankrupt laws, 43.

COAL-DEALER, when liable to become bankrupt, 41.
COFFEE-HOUSE KEEPER, subject to the bankrupt laws, 39.
COLLECTOR OF TAXES, proof by, 149.

COMMISSIONS OF BANKRUPT,

enrolment of, 4.

fiats to be issued in lieu of, 81.

and to be of the same effect, 81.

depending in London, to be removed into the Court of Bank-
ruptcy, 10.

when transferred, shall be registered and prosecuted before
commissioners to be appointed by the Court of Review, 3.
what commissioners appointed, 11.

fees payable under, 314.

not to be superseded for concert, 324.

official assignee may be appointed under, 160.

but recommended that none be appointed unless good
cause, 161. See FIATS.

COMMISSIONERS named in London commissions, their power
and jurisdiction to cease, 10.

COMMISSIONERS OF THE COURT OF BANKRUPTCY,
to be six, 7.

list of, 9, 455.

to have the rights and privileges of judges, 7.

to have the power of commissioners of bankrupt, 9.

three to form a Subdivision Court, 19.

one or more may execute, &c. powers, duties, and authorities
of commissioners of bankrupt, 9.

one cannot commit the bankrupt or other person but to the
custody of the messenger, 9, 272, 283.

nor unless assembled in Subdivision Court, 9.

oath of, 15.

sittings, how to be regulated, 11, 22.

list of, with the officers of their courts, 11.

upon fiat being filed, one or more can proceed as under a
commission, 81.

judges may act as, 10.

but in that case an adjournment is to Court of Review, 10.
one may adjourn examination or proof of debt to a Subdivi-
sion Court, 19.

or direct the trial of an issue, 20, 358.

may take evidence vivá voce or on affidavit, 8, 351.
not to practise as barristers, or sit in parliament, 8.

COMMISSIONERS OF THE COURT OF BANKRUPTCY

-(continued).

fiats how allotted to, 29, 88.

name to be written on fiats, at the appointment for opening, 29.
time and place for sitting, 8.

and holding Subdivision Courts, 20.

to appoint his class of official assignees to act in rotation, 161.
penalty for taking fees, &c. not authorized, 8.

COMMISSIONERS FOR COUNTRY FIATS.
lists to be returned for appointment of, 12.

may be removed by the Chancellor on cause, &c., 12.
list of places for which they are appointed, 453.

they cannot be creditors, 14.

nor assignees, 14.

nor purchasers of the bankrupt's property, without con-
sent, 14.

their oath, and by whom administered, 15.

memorandum of their having taken oath, ii. 7.

major part may execute the duties of, 12.
their fees, 15.

power of commitment, 14.

actions against them, in what cases, 16.

notice thereof, 17.

form of it, 17.

tender of amends, 18.
limitation of actions, 18.

plea and evidence, 19.

no proof of petitioning creditor's debt, &c. unless notice, 19.
inspection of bankrupt's examination by the court, 19.
their jurisdiction equitable as well as legal, 13.

not to be controlled where a discretion is given to them, 13.
not compellable to certify bankrupt's conformity, 13.
refusing to act, 86.

being dead, 86.

COMMISSIONERS OF THE NAVY,

not liable to be bankrupts, 47.

COMMITMENT,

of the bankrupt or other person by a single commissioner,
must be to the messenger only, 9, 272, 282.

and not unless the commissioners are assembled in Subdivi-
sion Court, 9.

and the party committed must be brought up before a Subdi-
vision Court, or the Court of Review, within three days,
272, 283.

See WARRANT.

COMMON, ESTATES IN, pass to assignees, 237.

COMPOSITION,

creditors accepting, their consent to annul, 326.

COMPOSITION—(continued).

commissioners' certificate of such consent, ii. 141.
COMPOSITION DEED,

person signing, may be petitioning creditor, in what cases, 69.
COMPOUNDING

with debtors to the estate, not without consent of creditors,
404.

CONCEALING bankrupt's property, penalty, 255.

CONCERTED ACT OF BANKRUPTCY will not support a
commission, 48.

CONCERTED COMMISSION not to be superseded, 324.
CONDITIONAL ESTATES pass to the assignees, in what cases,

190-193.

CONSENT of commissioners for assignees to institute suits, &c. form
of, ii. 101.

of creditors necessary before assignees can commence
suits in equity, submit disputes to arbitration, compound
with or take security from debtors to the estate, 100,
404, ii. 99.

meeting of creditors to consent, ii. 99.

advertisement of the meeting to consent, &c., ii. 99.
memorandum of the meeting, ii. 100.

of creditors to the fiat being annulled, 326.

memorandum of, ii. 134.

affidavit thereof, ii. 135.

commissioners' certificate thereof, ii. 136.
memorandum of signing, ii. 137, 142.

CONSOLIDATION of joint and separate estates, in what cases,
421, 439.

CONTEMPLATION of bankruptcy, property given in by trader
to his creditor, in what cases it passes to the assignees,
231-234.

CONTINGENT DEBTS, proof for, 119, 121.

form of deposition, ii. 44.

CONTINUANCE, by assignees, of actions commenced by the
bankrupt, 403.

of suits commenced by bankrupt, 404, 405.
CONTRACTS pass to the assignees, 198.

are valid against them, when, 187, 198, 220, 246-250.
CONTRACTS with bankrupt after an act of bankruptcy, when
valid, 248.

CONVEYANCE, fraudulent, of lands or goods, when act of bank-
ruptcy, 53.

voluntary, by bankrupt, its effect, 230.

of property in trust for creditors, when an act of bankruptcy,

by the assignees, bankrupt to join in, 259.

COPY of deposition, not given to witness as of right, 282.
OFFICE COPIES.

COPYHOLDS pass to assignees, 186.

fraudulent surrender of them, an act of bankruptcy, 57.
do not pass by the appointment of assignees, 172, 186.
sale of, 186. See SALE.

bargain and sale of, ii. 102.

CORPORATION, proof by, 149.

deposition, ii. 47.

See

notice of act of bankruptcy to agent of, sufficient notice, 255.
COSTS, 311.

costs of suing out the fiat, what, 311.

forms of bills for, ii. 162.

how taxed, 311.

by whom payable, 311, 312.
after choice of assignees, what, 313.
how taxed, 314.

by whom payable, 313.

taxation of them, 315, ii. 58.

remedy for them, 318.

under joint and separate fiats, 440.

upon a petition, generally, 363.

upon petition for assignee to accept or decline a lease, 189.
in actions by and against assignees, 402.

proof for, 111.

depositions, ii. 40.

solicitor's lien for, 28, 217.

COVENANT, proof by creditor upon, 97, 145.

deposition, ii. 40, 44.

bankrupt not liable to, in what cases, 187, 415.

assignees not liable to, when, 187.

COUNSEL not required to be employed in Court of Bankruptcy
except in the Court of Review, or on trials of issues, 26.
not usual to attend at the opening of fiat, 88.

COUNTRY BANK NOTES, deposition in proof of, ii. 32.
COURT OF BANKRUPTCY, 7.

power to establish, 7.

establishment of, by letters patent, 8.
seal of, 8.

registrars of, 3.

list of the judges and officers of, 455.

to be a Court of Record and a Court of Law and Equity, 7.
See COMMISSIONERS, SUBDIVISION COURT, COURT OF
REVIEW, JUDGES.

COURT OF COMMISSIONERS OF BANKRUPT, 1.
where holden, 1.

for public meetings only, 1.

and for meetings under London fiats only, 1.

meetings under country fiats, where holden, 1.