Between conjunct persons. By the act 1621, c. 18, all conveyances or alienations between conjunct persons, unless granted for oner-ous causes, are declared, as ln a question with creditors, to be null and of no avail. Conjunct persons are those standing in a certnin degree of relationship to each other; snch, for example, as brothers, sisters, sons, uncles, etc. These were formerly excluded as witnesses, on account of their relation-ship ; but this, as a ground of exclusion, has been abolished. Tray. Lat. Max.
The term "abandonment" refers to the voluntary relinquishment of all rights, title, or claim to property that…