Attestation of Wills.

Texas.

A will should be signed by the testator, or by some other person in his or her presence, and by his or her direction; and moreover, if not wholly written by himself or herself, be attested by two or more credible witnesses above the age of fourteen years, subscribing their names in his or her presence.

Vermont.

A will of real or personal estate must be "signed by the testator, or by some other person in his presence, and by his express direction, and attested and subscribed by three or more credible witnesses, in the presence of the testator and of each other."(q)

Virginia.

No will shall be valid unless it be in writing and signed by the testator, or by some other person in his presence and by his direction, in such manner as to make it manifest that the name is intended as a signature; and moreover, unless it be wholly written by the testator, the signature shall be made or the will acknowledged by him in the presence of at least two competent witnesses present at the same time; and such witnesses shall subscribe the will in the presence of the testator, but no form of attestation shall be necessary.(r)

Wisconsin.

A will of real or personal property made within the State must be "signed by the testator, or by some person in his presence and by his express direction, and attested and subscribed in the presence of the testator by two or more competent witnesses."(8)

(2) Gen. Stat. (1863), 377, § 6.

(r) Code of Virginia, 516, § 4.

(8) Rev. Stat. (1858), 577, § 5.

INDEX.

[The references are to the page. For a list of the forms, in the order of the
subjects to which they pertain, see the CONTENTS prefixed to the volume.]

ABANDONMENT, in insurance, 2.

ABSTRACTS OF TITLE, 5.

ACCEPTANCE of assignment in trust, 139.
Of bill of exchange, 160.

ACCOUNTS of highway officers, 446.
ACKNOWLEDGMENT and proof of deeds, 20.
Of bill of sale, 167.

Of bond of auctioneer, 146.

Of contract to bind a minor, 256.

ADDRESS of clerk to prisoner at the bar, 244.
ADVERTISEMENT of dissolution of partnership, 574.
AFFIDAVITS, 81.

In bastardy cases, 151.

In the case of imprisoned debtors, 467, 468, 469, 471.

Of forcible entry, 507.

Of personal service, 647.

Of a petitioning creditor, 486

Of posting notice, 450.

Of resident alien, to enable him to hold real property, 559.

Of service of subpoena, 65.

Of service of award, 108.

Of sufficiency of sureties, 213, 408, 431.

By pre-emption claimant, 619.

To procure arrest and extradition, 413.

To be affixed to mortgages and bills of sale in Maryland, 43.

To proxy, 295.

To submission to arbitration, 107.

To award, 108.

In proceedings by landlord and tenant, 503, 507.

To unclaimed bank dividends or deposits, 149.

On application in bastardy cases, 151.

Of service of notice of application for ferry license, 418.

In foreclosure, 424.

To application for homestead, 461.

AFFIRMATION, 561.

Of witness in acknowledgment and proof of deeds, 20, 21.
Of witness on a trial, 248.

AGREEMENTS, see CONTRACTS.

As to damages for laying out highway, 451.

By a father, for the fidelity of an apprentice, 90.

Of submission to arbitrators, 101.

For sale and purchase of personal property, &c., 275, 277, 283.

ANTE-NUPTIAL SETTLEMENT, 539.

APPEAL from assessment in highway cases, 442, 448.

APPLICATION in bastardy cases, 150.

For liquor license, 408, 410.

Of superintendent in bastardy cases, 150.

To compel a person to support a poor relative, 601.
To lay out, alter, or discontinue highways, 448.
To secure a homestead, 461.

For a private road, 620.

For arrears of pay and bounty, 111.

For bounty land, 215.

For pensions and prize-money, 593.
For ferry license, 418.

For pensions, 593.

For prize-money, 598.

APPOINTMENTS, 82.

Of an inspector of elections, 667.

Of committee of inquiry as to a person's sanity, 476.

Of officers of highways, 438.

Of trustees for imprisoned debtors, 471.

APPRAISEMENT of damage by fence-viewers, 416.

APPRENTICES, 88.

Bonds relating to, 200.

APPROVAL of bond of auctioneer, 145; of highway commissioners, 439.
Of assignment of insurance policy, 123; of assignment in trust, 144.
ARBITRATION AND AWARD, 96.

Stipulations for in partnership articles, 572.

ARMY PENSIONS, 593.

ARRAIGNMENT of a person indicted, 244.

ARREARS of pay and bounty, 111.

ARTICLES of association of turnpike companies, 671.

Of copartnership, 565, 567.

Of separation of husband and wife, 465.

ASSESSMENT of highway labor, taxes and damages, 440.

ASSIGNMENTS, 116.

In trust for creditors, 137.

By imprisoned debtors, 470.

Of dower, 383.

ATTACHMENT against a witness not appearing on a coroner's inquest, 290.
ATTESTATION of deed in which are erasures, etc., 343.

Of wills, 686.

AUCTIONS, 145.

AUTHENTIC act of sale and wife's renunciation in Louisiana, 40.
AUTHENTICATION of certificate of acknowledgment, 28, 48, 68.
AWARDS, 103-106.

Of licensed innkeeper or dealer in liquors, 408, 411.

Of highway commissioners, 438.

Of collector of taxes, 664.

Of guardian, 431.

BOTTOMRY BONDS, 186.
BOUNTY LANDS, 215.

CAVEAT, 587.

CERTIFICATES, 219.

By fence-viewers, 407, 417.

By justice, to indentures of apprenticeship, 89.

Of application for bounty land, 216.

Of clerk to be annexed to acknowledgment, 31, 37, 67.
Of character of applicant for license, 408.

Of citizenship, 559.

Of discharge in bastardy cases, 153.

Of election of justice of the peace, 499.

Of incorporation of manufacturing companies, 536.

Of mining and oil companies, 543, 544.

Of incorporation of religious society, 636.

Of limited partnership, 575, 576.

Of marriage, 538.

Of necessity of highway, 450.

Of necessity of private road, 620.

Of protest, 623.

Of renting and hiring, 409.

Of service, 647.

Of stock in corporation, 292.

Of sufficiency of sureties in bond, 213.
To copy of auctioneers' bond, 146.

CHARTER PARTIES, 221.

CHATTEL MORTGAGES, 227.

CLERKS AND CRIERS, 242.

CODICILS, 686.

COLLATERAL BOND, 182, 183.

COMMISSION of inquiry as to sanity, 477.

COMMITMENT of apprentice, 91, 92.

Of disorderly persons, etc., 401, 402.
Of witness of deed refusing to testify, 65.
Under extradition treaty, 414.

COMPLAINT against apprentice, 91, 92.

Against disorderly persons, etc., 399.
By apprentice, 93.

For refusal to work on the highway, 443.
For forcible entry, 507.

Of overseer's neglect of duty, 447.
Of wife of habitual drunkard, 434.
COMPOSITION with creditors, 304, 306.
CONFIRMATION of attorney's act, 614.
CONSENT to apprenticeship, 89, 90.

To assignment of insurance policy, 130.

To assignment; adapted to a special case, 121.
To exercise of power of appointment, 85.
To serve as guardian, 430, 433.

CONTRACTS, 254.

CORONERS, 289.

CORPORATIONS, 292.

COUPONS, 181.

COVENANTS, 295, 301.

In deeds, 316.

In leases, 522, 531.

In mortgages, 555, 556.

To account for proceeds of collateral securities.

CUSTOM-HOUSE POWER, 613.

DEBTOR AND CREDITOR, 303.

DECLARATION of delivery annexed to bill of sale, 165.

Of intention to be naturalized, 557.

DEFEASANCES, 397.

DEPOSITION to be used in contested cases in the Patent Office, 588.
DEVISES, 683.

DISCHARGE of apprentice from service, 92, 93.

Of imprisoned debtors, 470.

Of insolvent, 491.

DISCLAIMER by an assignee, 586.
DISORDERLY PERSONS, 399.
DISPOSSESSION proceedings, 502.
DOWER, 403.

ELECTIONS in Corporations, 294.
ENCROACHMENTS on highways, 458.
ENTRIES, at custom-house, 406.

By clerks and criers, 243, 249.
Of public lands for homesteads, 461.
Of verdicts, etc., 250.

ESTRAYS, 407.

EXAMINATION, before coroner's jury, 290.

Of disorderly persons, etc., 399.

EXCISE, 408.

EXECUTION against drunkard or overseers of the poor, 435.

Of wills, 688.

INDORSEMENTS on bill of exchange, 160.

IMPRISONED DEBTORS, 467.

INFORMATION of lunacy, before justices of the peace, 482.
INQUISITION, 290.