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Prerogative courts. The two archbishops have each of them a prerogative Court. The appeal is to the Privy Council, 2 & 3 Wm. 4, c. 92. See now Jud. Act, 1925, ss. 20 (a), 107, replacing Court of Probate Act 1857, s. 4, which took away their jurisdiction in testamentary matters, 2 Steph. Com.

Distinct tribunals for the establishment of wills and administration of the assets of men dying either with or without wills are variously called 'Preroga-tive Courts', 'Probate Courts', 'Surrogate Courts' and 'Orphan's Courts'.