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Death intestate

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Intestate

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Widow

by the Administration of Estates Act, 1925, s. 46:- (1) The residuary (real and personal) estate of an intestate shall be distributed in the manner or be held on the trusts mentioned in this s., namely:- (i) … discretion of the Court [see In the Estate of Paine, A.J., (1916) 115 LT 935] In regard to deaths after 1925, by the Administration of Estates Act, 1925, s. 46:- (1) The residuary (real and personal) estate

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Executor

analogy to the Statute of Distribution, which enacts 'that no distribution of the goods of any person dying intestate be made till after one year after the intestate's death'; and in order that the executor may have … is only evidence of his title; as a rule it relates back to the time of the testator' death, and as the executor derives full power from the will he can act as executor before probate obtained.

Distribution, Statute of

Common Law, to their husbands-but see MARRIED WOMEN'S PROPERTY) shall, after the expiration of one year from the death of the intestate, be distributed in the following manner: one-third shall go to the widow of the intestate,

Intestates Estates Act, 1890 (English)

her interest and share in the remainder of the estate, 'with interest thereon from the date of the death of the intestate, at 4 per cent. per annum until payment.' As to the meaning of 'intestate,' see

Coparceners or parceners

a distinct moiety; and being seised in moiety there was no jus accrescendi between them, for on the death of one of them intestate, her moiety descended to her heir-at-law, who held, subject to curtesy (if any),

Hotchpot

much soever that might have exceeded the remainder of the personal estate left by the intestate at his death, the child might, if he pleased, keep it all; if he was not content, but would have more,

heir

heir : one who inherits or is entitled to succeed to the possession of property after the death of its owner: as a : one who by operation of law inherits the property and esp. the … in the civil law of Louisiana : an heir that takes only by operation of the laws governing intestate succession heir apparent pl: heirs apparent : an heir whose right to an inheritance cannot be voided or

Cousin

have been debarred from any claim to the beneficial interest in property either real or personal on the death of the intestate with a few exceptions, see DEVOLUTION OF PROPERTY ON DEATH, the share of the excluded

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