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Funeral expenses
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Debt
assets in an ordinary administration action in the Chancery Division of the High Court is as follows:- 1. Funeral expenses, which in the case of an insolvent estate must be strictly reasonable and necessary only, the executor or
Executor
responsibilities of an executor may be thus classed:- (1) He will not be allowed as against creditors extravagant funeral expenses if the testator died insolvent; and if he neglects to secure the property, and loss ensue, he will
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Law Reform (UK)
any loss or gain to his estate consequent on his death, except that a sum in respect of funeral expenses may be included. See Rose v. Ford, (1937) 53 TLR 873. The rights conferred by the Act are … unliquidated damages arising otherwise than by a contract, promise or breach of trust. See further, ADOPTION; LEGITIMATION; BASTARDY; FUNERAL EXPENSES; also INTEREST and LIMITATIONS. The (English) Law Reform (Married Women and Tortfeasors) Act,1935 (25 & 26 Geo. 5,
personal injury protection (pip)
per-person dollar amount. PIP may include benefits for medical expenses, loss of work income, and accidental death and funeral expenses.
Campbell's (Lord) Acts (English)
had he not succumbed to his injuries. The damages recoverable are strictly on the basis of compensation [e.g., funeral expenses not recoverable, Clark v. London General Omnibus Co., 1906 (2) KB 648]. The action, which is to compensate
Negligence
so as to include adopted and illegitimate children among dependants, and damages may be awarded in respect of funeral expenses. This Act has to a great extent revolutionized the application of the principle actio personalis moritur cum persona,
Privileged debts
Privileged debts, debts which an executor may pay in preference to all others, such as funeral expenses, etc. and see PREFERENTIAL PAY-MENTS.
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