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will be personally liable for a devastavit, but will not be responsible for mere neglect to take out probate (Re Stevens, (1898) 1 Ch 162). See DEVASTAVIT. (2) By operation of law by virtue of his office … should be obtained to the extend of the sum really expected to be received. (5) It is the duty of the executor to collect and speedily reduce into money the personal assets, when not otherwise directed, especially

Succession duties

1853 was that real property became for the first time dutiable upon a succession after death, as no probate duty was then payable in respect of it. Consult Hanson; Rouse's Practical Man. 19th Edn.; and see Chitty's Statutes,

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Death duties

the Estate Duty, which, by the (English) Finance Act, 1894 (57 & 58 Vict. c. 30), superseded the Probate or Administration Duty leviable under the Stamp Act, 1815, and the Account Duty leviable under the (English) Customs

Accounts duties

Inland Revenue Act, 1881 (44 & 45 Vict. C. 12), s. 38, at the same rates as the Probate Duties, upon a donatio mortis causa (q.v.); upon the gift inter vivos of a donor dying within three … in which the settlor had reserved a life interest. These duties were in name superseded by the 'Estate Duty' imposed by the (English) Finance Act, 1894 (57 & 58 Vict. C. 30), the property chargeable under the

Inland revenue

revenue (which is derived from the taxation of home commodities and duties on property and income, houses, stamps, probates, legacies, etc., as distinguished from the portion derived by customs duties (see CUSTOMS) from imported commodities-such as foreign … (by far the largest) of the public revenue (which is derived from the taxation of home commodities and duties on property and income, houses, stamps, probates, legacies, etc., as distinguished from the portion derived by customs duties

Assize, or assise

prescribed by the Lord Chancellor with the concurrence of the Lord Chief Justice and the President of the Probate Division. The commissioner has all the powers and duties which are vested in the Probate Division in respect … the Lord Chief Justice and the President of the Probate Division. The commissioner has all the powers and duties which are vested in the Probate Division in respect of such causes. Undefended causes and certain others brought

Surrogate's office

Surrogate's office : an office in New Jersey which carries out duties in probate, the administration of estates, and the guardianship of minors … Surrogate's office : an office in New Jersey which carries out duties in probate, the administration of estates, and the guardianship of minors

King's proctor

King's proctor, the proctor or solicitor representing the Crown in the Probate and Divorce Court. In proper cases it is his duty to intervene in petitions for dissolution or for

Construction, Court of

the case may be, is called the Court of Construction with regard to wills, as opposed to its Probate, etc., Division, whose duty is to decide whether an instrument be a will at all.

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