Parties may act independently and severally, or jointly, or jointly and severally.

They may act as representative of others, as

Agents,

Factors or Brokers,

Servants,

Attorneys,

Trustees,

Executors or Administrators,

Guardians. They may act in a collective capacity, as

Corporations,

Joint-Stock Companies,

Partnerships. They may be New Parties,

By Novation,

By Assignment. By Indorsement. They may be Parties disabled in whole or in part, as

Infants,

Drunkards,

Spendthrifts,

Seamen,

Persons under Duress,

Aliens,

Outlaws,

Attainted,

Excommunicated. These subjects we will proceed to consider separately.

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