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And the practice is usually for the ordinary first to issue a citation for the next of Kin in special, and all others in general to accept or refuse letters of Administration or shew cause why the same should not be granted to a creditor. And in case there are several creditor, the Court generally obliges them to enter into articles and bond of average. And such creditor must make an affidavit of his debt, and therein set forth how much it is and how due.

To which are added in the 4th Edit: 800 Lond: 1781. these words “For this kind of Administration being out of the aforesaid Statutes, the same falls back upon the original power which the ordinary had at Common Law, whereby he may grant administration to whom