New assets

In the law governing the administration of estates, this term denotes assets coming into the hands of an executor or administrator after the expiration of the time when, by statute, claims against the estate are barred so far as regards recourse against the assets with which he was originally charged. -See Littlefield v. Eaton, 74 Me. 521; Chenery v. Webster, 8 Allen (Mass.) 77; Robinson r.

Hodge, 117 Mass. 222; Veazie v. Marretti 6 Allen (Mass.) 372.