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The Judge, &c. before receiving such Acknowledgment, to examine her apart from her Husband.
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LXXI. And be it further enacted, That such Judge, Master in Chancery, or Commissioners as aforesaid, before he or they shall receive the Acknowledgment by any married Woman of any Deed by which any Disposition, Release, Surrender, or Extinguishment shall be made by her under this Act, shall examine her apart from her Husband touching her Knowledge of such Deed, and shall ascertain whether she freely and voluntarily consents to such Deed, and unless she freely and voluntarily consents to such Deed shall not permit her to acknowledge, the same ; and in such Case such Deed shall, so far as relates to the Execution thereof by such married Woman, be void.
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