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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.

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

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

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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

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

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

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

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

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

Propositus

is traced. Also the name by which a testator is referred to on propounding his will in the Probate Division.

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