it  shall  be  lawful  for  the  Court  of  Chancery  (or  a  judge
at  chambers  on  summons  immediately  after  probate  or  ad-
ministration granted,  23  &  24  Vict.  c.  38,  s.   14),  upon  the
application  of  the  executors  or  administrators  of  any  deceased
person  by  order,  to  be  made  upon  motion  or  petition,  of
course  (see  Be  Harrold,  15  Jur.  763),  to  refer  it  to  one  of
the  masters  (formerly,  see  now  15  &  16  Vict.  c.  80,  s.  36)
to  take  an  account  of  the  debts  and  liabilities  affecting  the
personal   estate   of  such    deceased    person,    and   to   report
thereon,  and  in  case  at  any  time  after  the  making  of  such
order,  any  decree  or  order  for  administering  the  estate  of
such  deceased  person  shall  be  made,  the  proceedings  under
such  order  of  course  may  be  suspended  (s.   19).     By  the
23  &  24  Vict.  c.  38,  s.  14,  after  any  order  to  take  an  account
shall  have  been  made  under  the  last  section,  the  court  may
suspend  any  proceedings  at  law  against  the  executors  or
administrators.     Notices  for  creditors  to  come  in,  have  the
same  effect  as  under  the  29th  section  of  the  22  &  23  Vict,
c.  35  (are^e,  p.  24 1 ).     If  any  debt  or  any  certain  liability  has  Debts,  &c.  allowed
been  allowed  and  not  paid  or  provided  for,  an  order  may  be  '™'^  ^llJ^f^  ""^
made  for  payment  of  the  debt,  and  for  providing  for  the  lia-    '^  "         '    •
bility  as  in  a  suit  by  bill,  or  for  the  usual  accounts  to  be  taken
as  under  a  decree  in  a  creditors'  suit  (13  &  14  Vict.  c.  35,
s.  22).
