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Caveat
prevent the issuing of a lunacy commission. It is also entered to stay certain proceedings in Admiralty, the probate of a will, letters of administration, a licence of marriage, or an institution of a clerk to a
Attorney
retained: he answered to the Solicitor in the Courts of Chancery, and the Proctor of the Admiralty, Ecclesiastical, Probate, and Divorce Courts. An attorney was almost invariably also a solicitor. The name 'Solicitor' was provided by the
Advocate
and testamentary was in 1857 transferred to the Court for Divorce and Matrimonial Causes and the Court of Probate respectively. It is now vested in the High Court, see (English) Judicature Act, 1925, s. 21. In Scotland
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will
nationality, domicile, or residence of the testator NOTE: A properly executed international will is still subject to local probate laws; the validity deriving from adherence to statutory requirements for such wills is purely formal, and a will
Admiralty
is conferred by U.S. Constitution (Article III 2, Cl. 1), Black Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 47. The Probate, Divorce, and Admiralty Division of the High Court of Justice was, as far as relates to Admiralty, formerly
Administration bond
later will if found, and then deliver up the letters of administration. See (English) Jud. Act, 1925, and Probate Rules, 1925; and see ADMINISTRATION.
Administration
term is used in three different senses. (1) granting of letters of administration to an administrator by the Probate Division. (2) The administration of the estate of a deceased person by an executor or administrator, i.e., the
Ad colligenda bona, Administrator
Ad colligenda bona, Administrator, a person to whom the Probate Division has made a limited or temporary grant for the purpose of collecting the property of a deceased
Action
the Court of Chancery or by a cause in the Court of Admiralty, or in the Court of Probate [(English) Jud. Act, 1925, s. 225, and R. S. C. 1883, Ord. I., r. 1]. Also stock or
Actio personalis moritur cum persona.
death or commenced not earlier than six months before or not later than six months after grant of probate of letters of administration. This provision does not apply to causes of action for defamation of character or
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