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That all the particular estates either were determined before 1926, or if no vesting deed, trust for sale, probate or grant of administration, vesting or order has been executed or granted or made since 1925, enabling the

Double grants

the non-proving executors to prove at a later date. The second grant will then be known as double probate. IT is made in general terms, but the value of the estate is sworn as the value of

Executor de son tort.

Corporation v. Parker, (1914) 2 KB 562. An executor de son tort can discharge his liability by obtaining probate if he is entitled, or by accounting to the personal representative, or to the Court, in an administration

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Doctors' Commons

charter. The property of the college was sold, the charter surrendered, and the college dissolved under the (English) Probate Act, 1857 (20 & 21 Vict. c. 77), ss. 116, 117.

Donatio mortis causa

1894 (57 & 58 Vict. c. 30). It differs from a legacy in that it does not need probate, the donee's title being directly derived from the giver in his lifetime; it is not a testamentary act;

joint tenancy (with rights of survivorship)

If a joint owner dies, his or her share of the property passes to the other owners, without probate. In joint tenancy, ownership of the property cannot be willed to someone who is not a joint owner.

prove

or: prov·en [prü-vən] prov·ing 1 : to test the truth, validity, or genuineness of [ a will at probate] 2 a : to establish the existence, truth, or validity of [the charges were never proved in court]

proponent

proponent 1 : one who argues in favor of something 2 : one who offers a will for probate

proof of will

proof of will :probate

proof of claim

proof of claim :a written statement that sets forth a claim against a bankrupt debtor or the probate estate of a deceased debtor

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