46. There is no saving in favor of foreigners or citizens of other states. The courts of this state have adopted the general principles of the English law.

47. Florida. 1. As to lands. Writs² of formedon in descender, remainder, or reverter³, must be brought within twenty years. Act of Nov. 10, 1828, sec. 1, Duval; 154. Infants, femes covert⁴, persons non compos mentis, or prisoners, may. sue within ten years after disability is removed. Id. s. 2. A writ¹ of right on seisin of ancestor or predecessor⁵ within fifty years; other possessory action on seisin of ancestor or predecessor, within forty years; real action on plaintiff's possession or seisin within thirty years. Id. sec. 3.

48. - 2. As to personal actions. All actions upon the case, other than for slander⁶, actions for accounts, for trespass⁷, debt, detinue, and replevin for goods and chattels⁸, and actions of trespass quare clausum fregit, within five years. Actions of trespass, assault, battery, wounding and imprisonment⁹, or any of them, within three years; and actions for words within one year. Id. s. 4. There is a saving in favor of infants, femes covert, persons non compos mentis, imprisoned¹⁰, or beyond seas, or out of the country, who may bring suit within the same time after the disability has been removed. All actions on book accounts shall be brought within two years.

49. - 3. As to crimes. All offences not punishable with death, shall be prosecuted¹¹ within two years. Act of Feb. 10, 1882, s. 78. All actions, suits and presentments upon penal¹² acts of the general assembly, shall be prosecuted within one year. Act of Nov. 19, 1828, s. 18.

50. Georgia. 1. As to lands. Seven years' adverse¹³ possession of lands is a bar, with a saving in favor of infants, femes covert, persons non compos mentis, imprisoned or beyond seas.

51. - 2. As to personal actions. Twenty years is a bar in personal actions, on bonds under seal; other obligations not under seal, six years; trespass quare clausum fregit, three years trespass, assault and battery, two years; slander and qui tam actions, six months. There are savings¹⁴ in favor of infants, femes covert, persons non composmentis, imprisoned and beyond seas.

52. No other savings in favor of citizens of other states or foreigners.

53. As to crimes. In cases of murder there is no limitation. In all other criminal cases where the punishment is death or perpetual imprisonment, seven years; other felonies, four years; cases punishable by fine and imprisonment, two years. Prince's Dig. 573-579. Acts of 1767, 1813, and 1833. See 1 Laws of Geo. 33; 2 Id. 344; 3 Id. 30; Pamphlet Laws, 1833, p. 143.