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Hinde Palmer's Act

Legal definition for Indian law research

Definition

Hinde Palmer's Act. The Administration of Estates Act, 1869 (32 & 33 Vict. c. 46), which abolished the priority of specialty (see SPECIALTY) over simple contract debts in the administration of the estates of persons dying after 1st January, 1870. The Act has been replaced and reproduced by the Administra-tion of Estates Act, 1925, s. 32.

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