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–613– -613for an order directing payment to the claimant. A copy of the petition shall be served on the Canal Zone Government and thereafter the amount may not be covered into the Treasury of the United States, as directed by subsection (c) of this section, until so ordered by the court. (c) If no one claims the amount, or if a claim is made and disallowed and the court so directs, the amount deposited devolves to the United States and shall be covered into the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts. CHAPTER 71—RESORT TO A S S E T S; SALES Sec.

1701. 1702. 1703. 1704. 1705. 1706. 1707. 1708. 1709. 1710.

Order of resort to estate for debts. Order of sales for payment of debts. Order of resort to estate for legacies. Legacies, how charged with debts. Order of abatement of legacies. Sale of property to pay debts, legacies, family allowance, or expenses; selection. Confirmation of sales. Sale of perishable and depreciating property, and of personal property necessary to pay family allowance. Sale of personal property at public auction or private sale; notice. Partnership and pledged property interests; choses in action; duty of court.

§ 1701. Order of resort to estate for debts The property of a testator, except as otherwise specially provided in this title, shall be resorted to for the payment of debts, in the following order: (1) property which is expressly appropriated by the will for the payment of the debts; (2) property not disposed of by the will; (3) property which is devised or bequeathed to a residuary legatee; (4) property which is not specifically devised or bequeathed; and (5) all other property ratably. § 1702. Order of sales for payment of debts In making orders and sales for the payment of debts or family allowance, those articles that are not necessary for the support and subsistence of the family of the decedent, or are not specially bequeathed, shall be first sold. § 1703. Order of resort to estate for legacies The property of a testator, except as otherwise specially provided in this title, shall be resorted to for the payment of legacies, in the following order: (1) the property which is expressly appropriated by the will for the payment of the legacies; (2) property not disposed of by the will; (3) property which is devised or bequeathed to a residuary legatee; and (4) property which is specifically devised or bequeathed. § 1704. Legacies, how charged with debts Legacies to spouse or kindred of any class are chargeable only after legacies to persons not related to the testator. § 1705. Order of abatement of legacies Unless a different intention is expressed in the will, abatement takes place in any class only as between legacies of that class.

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