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Probate, means the copy of a Will certified under the seal of a court of competent jurisdiction with a grant of administration to the estate of the testator. [Indian Succession Act, 1925 (39 of 1925), s. 2 (f)]Official proof of a will. This is obtained by the executor in all Probate Division of the High Court of Justice, and is either in common form, where the will is undisputed and quite regular, or per testes, is solemn form of law, where it is disputed or irregular. When the will is proved, the original is deposited in the registry of the Court, a copy being delivered to the executor with a certificate of its having been made out under seal of the court, all which together is usually styled the probate, consult Tristram and Coote, Prob. Pr., 17th Edn....
Exemplification
Exemplification, a copy; a certified transcript either under the great seal or under the seal of a particular Court, 1 Stark. Evid. 224....
Authentic Act
Authentic Act, that which has been executed before a notary or other public officer, duly authorized, or which is testified by a public seal, or has been rendered public by the authority of a competent magistrate, or which is certified as being a copy of a public register, Civil Law....
Estreat
Estreat, (1) the true extract, copy, or note of some original writing or record, and especially of recognizances, fines, amercements, etc., entered on the rolls of a Court to be levied by the bailiff or other officer, Fitz. N.B. 57; also (2) to forfeit. See RECOGNIZANCE.A copy or duplicate of some original writing or record, esp. of a fine or amendment imposed by a court, extracted from record, and certified to one who is authorised and required to collect it, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 572....
Certificate
Certificate, a testimony given in writing to declare or verify the truth of anything. Certificates are frequently referred to or required by Statute. A certificate is the usual evidence of the title to shares in a company. See (English) Companies Act, 1929, ss. 67 and 68; for Certificate of Incorporation, see ss. 15 and 329, ibid.; and commencement of business, s. 94, ibid., and s. 82, ibid., as to registration of charges. Also ALIENS and Share Certificate; and see Land Certificate.A document in which a fact is formally attested, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn.Trial by certificate, which has long been obsolete, took place in those cases in which the evidence of the person certifying was, by custom or otherwise, the only proper criterion of the point in dispute; see 3 Bl. Com. 333.As to when certificates and examined copies are admissible in evidence, consult Taylor on Evidence, and the (English) Documentary Evidence Act, 1845 (8 & 9 Vict. c. 113) (UK).As to the Master's Certificate in...
Controller
Controller [fr. Controle, Fr., the copy of a roll of accounts], an overseer or officer appointed to examine and verify the accounts of other officers, also Controller under Patents Act, 1911.Means the Controller General of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks referred to in s. 73. [Patents Act, 1970 (39 of 1970), s. 2 (1) (b)]Means the Controller of Certifying Authorities appointed under sub-s. (l) of s. 17. [Information Technology Act, 2000 (21 of 2000), s. 2 (1) (m)]Means the Controller-General of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks referred to in s. 3. [Designs Act, 2000 (16 of 2000), s. 2 (b)]Means the person appointed by the State Government to give effect to the provisions of this Act and includes every Additional, Deputy or Assistant Controller who may be authorised by the Controller under sub-s. (3) of s. 5 to exercise any power under this Act. [Dangerous Machines (Regulation) Act, 1983 (35 of 1983), s. 3 (b)]...
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