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Public trustee

under the Forfeiture Act, 1870; and he may also be appointed an executor and obtain a grant of probate (s. 5). He may be appointed a trustee whether the trust instrument came into operation before or after

Publication

of a citation in two newspapers is frequently ordered by the Court for Divorce and the Court of Probate as a step to entering an appearance for a party. As to publication of banns of marriage, see

Queen's proctor

Queen's proctor, means a solicitor that represents the crown in domestic-relations, probate, and admiralty cases. For example, in a suit for divorce or nullity of marriage, the Queen's proctor might

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Real representative

devolved on the heir-at-law [Re Griggs, (1914) 2 Ch 547]; it now vests in the President of the Probate Division [ss. 9 and 55, (English) A.E. Act, 1925]; as to the powers of an administrator over the

Rem, Judgment in

the Admiralty Courts; foreign judgments, declar-ing status of a ship; or in the matrimonial causes, etc.; grants of probate or administration; con-demnation of goods by a competent tribunal, Geyer v. Aquilar, 7 TR 696; and as to

Remitter of actions to County Court

may be transferred to the County Court (s. 54), and also certain Admiralty proceedings (s. 58) and certain probate proceedings (s. 61), application to attach debts or bring execution against members of a firm (s. 138). Interpleader

Sequestration

Sequestration. This is a prerogative process (formerly confined to the Court of Chancery and the Courts of Probate and Divorce), addressed to certain commissioners empowering them to enter upon real estates, and sequester the rents, and

Special personal representatives

will be deemed to have appointed the trustees of the settlement as the special representatives. Upon an intestacy, probate may and should be granted to them for the purposes [see (English) Settled Land Act, 1925, s. 7

Supreme Court of Judicature

Court of Common Pleas at Westminster, the Court of Exchequer, the High Court of Admiralty, the Court of Probate, and the Court for Divorce and Matrimonial Causes, should be united and consolidated together, and should constitute one

Surrogate

i.e., a barrister, solicitor, etc., who for a fee prepares papers on which to found a grant of probate, etc., is liable to a penalty.

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