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Probation, connotes a period of trial, Ajudhia Nath Dhingra v. Union of India, 1976 Sim LJ 357.Means a sort of 'locus pententiae' to the employer to observe the work, ability, efficiency, sincerity, and competence of the servant and if he is found not suitable for the post, the master reserves the right to dispense with his service without anything more during or at the end of the prescribed period which is styled as period of probation, Parshotam Lal Dhingra v. Union of India, AIR 1958 SC 36: 1958 (1) LLJ 544: 1958 SCJ 217.Probation. (1) Proof generally. (2) Suspension of a final appointment to an office until a person tempo-rarily appointed (who is called a 'probationer') has by his conduct proved himself to be fit to fill it. (3) Treatment of an offender under the (English) Probation of Offenders Act, 1907 (7 Edw. 7, c. 17).By s. 1 of this Act where any person is charged before a Court of summary jurisdiction and the Court thinks that the charge is proved, but is of opinion that, ha...
Probation officer
Probation officer, means an officer appointed by the State Government as a probation officer under the Probation of Offenders Act, 1958. [ Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2000, s. 2 (s)]Means an officer appointed to be a probation officer or recognised as such under s. 13. [Probation of Offenders Act, 1958 (20 of 1958), s. 2 (b)]...
probation
probation [Middle French, critical examination and evaluation, from Latin probation- probatio, from probare to test, approve, prove] 1 a : subjection to a period of evaluation and possible termination at the commencement of employment in a position for which one's fitness is to be determined b : subjection to a period of review in the course of employment or education as a result of a violation of standards and with the possibility of dismissal if standards are not met 2 a : the suspension of all or part of a sentence and its replacement by freedom subject to specific conditions and the supervision of a probation officer [it is the intent of the legislature that the granting of shall be a matter of grace conferring no vested right to its continuance "Michigan Statutes Annotated"] compare diversion, parole b : probation as a sentence in itself c : the period or state of being subject to probation [arrested while on ] pro·ba·tion·al [-shə-nəl] adj pro...
probation officer
probation officer : an officer appointed to investigate, report on, and supervise the conduct of convicted offenders on probation ...
revocation of probation
revocation of probation a court's order that a probationer or supervised releasee who has violated one or more conditions of probation or supervised release can no longer serve his or her sentence in the community and must be imprisoned. Source: Federal Judicial Center ...
Probate
Of or belonging to a probate or court of probate as a probate record...
Probate
Probate, means the copy of a Will certified under the seal of a court of competent jurisdiction with a grant of administration to the estate of the testator. [Indian Succession Act, 1925 (39 of 1925), s. 2 (f)]Official proof of a will. This is obtained by the executor in all Probate Division of the High Court of Justice, and is either in common form, where the will is undisputed and quite regular, or per testes, is solemn form of law, where it is disputed or irregular. When the will is proved, the original is deposited in the registry of the Court, a copy being delivered to the executor with a certificate of its having been made out under seal of the court, all which together is usually styled the probate, consult Tristram and Coote, Prob. Pr., 17th Edn....
Probate duty
Probate duty, a tax (now merged in estate-duty) on the gross value of the personal property of the deceased testator. For amount from 1815 to 1880, see schedule to the (English) Stamp Act, 1815 (55 Geo. 3), s. 184. In 1880 a new scale of duties was imposed by 43 Vict. c. 14, s. 9, and in 1881 a further in ceased scale by the (English) Customs and Inland Revenue Act, 1881 (44 & 45 Vict. c. 12). By 55 Geo. 3, c. 184, s. 37, a penalty of 100l. and 10 per cent. additional duty is payable by a person acting as executor and not obtaining probate within six months.The (English) Finance Act, 1894, substitutes an estate duty, to which both real property and personal property are liable, for probate duty. See ESTATE DUTY....
Fac simile probate
Fac simile probate, where the construction of the will may be affected by the appearance of the original paper, the Court will order the probate to pass in fac simile, as it may possibly help to show the meaning of the testator....
Probate, Court of
Probate, Court of, a tribunal established by the Court of Probate Act, 1857, to which the former jurisdiction of the ecclesiastical courts in testamentary matters was transferred. By Jud. Act, 1873, it was merged in the Supreme Court of Judicature, q.v. See WILLS....
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