ORDER 17

CHANGE OF PARTIES BY DEATH, &c.

1. A cause or matter shall not become abated by reason of the death, or bankruptcy of any of the parties, if the cause of action survives or continues, and shall not become defective by the assignment, creation, or devolution of any estate or title pendente lite; and, whether the cause of action survives or not, there shall be no abatement by reason of the death of either party between the verdict or finding of the issues of fact and the judgment; but judgment may in such case be entered, notwithstanding the death.

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