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Prerogative courts

& 3 Wm. 4, c. 92. See now Jud. Act, 1925, ss. 20 (a), 107, replacing Court of Probate Act 1857, s. 4, which took away their jurisdiction in testamentary matters, 2 Steph. Com. Distinct tribunals for

probationable

probationable : not precluding probation : punishable by probation [a offense]

Iddat

Iddat, means the time of probation which a divorced woman or widow must wait before she marries again in order to determine whether she

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Notwithstanding anything contained in law for the time in force

Notwithstanding anything contained in law for the time in force, sub-s. (1) of s. 4 of the Probation of Offenders Act contains the words 'notwithstand-ing anything contained in law for the time being in force'. The

Maritime Courts

would have been within its exclusive cognizance, were assigned to a division of the High Court, called the Probate, Divorce, and Admiralty Division (ibid., s. 34) (see now Jud. Act, 1925, s. 56 (3)). The Admiralty jurisdiction

Offices of the Supreme Court

with the concurrence of the Lord Chief Justice, the Master of the Rolls and the President of the Probate, Divorce and Admiralty Division, shall direct, (English) R.S.C., Ord. LXIII., r. 6 (as amended) As to the vacations

Notice

s. 10 of the (English) Land Charges Act, 1925]. Notice of a previous assent or conveyance on the probate or grant of administration will constitute notice to subsequent purchasers under the same title (see Administration of Estates

Necessaries

a prudent man would have ordered himself if present; and the amount due may be recovered in the Probate, Divorce, and Admiralty Division of the High Court of Justice, or, if the sum does not exceed 150l.,

Multa or Multura, Episcopi

by the bishops, that they might have power to make their wills; and that they might have the probate of other men's wills, and the granting of administrations, 2 Inst. 291

High Court of Justice

Common Pleas at Westminster; (4) The Court of Exchequer; (5) The Court of Admiralty; (6) The Court of Probate; (7) The Court for Divorce and Matrimonial Causes; (8) The Court of Common Pleas at Lancaster; (9) The

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