Cap. 16 Art. 766Recognizancetobe entered into by executor.

(1) The court shall not confirm the testamentary executor before he shall have entered into a recognizance in the records of the court, with hypothecation of his property to be registered in the Public Registry, faithfully to carry into effect the will of the testator, and to render an account of his administration every year or once only, as the court shall, according to circumstances, direct.

(2) The court may, on the demand of the executor, limit the amount for which his property is to be hypothecated.