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Probate duty

Probate duty, a tax (now merged in estate-duty) on the gross value of the personal property of the deceased

probate court

probate court : a court that has jurisdiction over the probate of wills and administration of estates and sometimes

Fac simile probate

Fac simile probate, where the construction of the will may be affected by the appearance of the original paper, the Court

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Probate, Court of

Probate, Court of, a tribunal established by the Court of Probate Act, 1857, to which the former jurisdiction of

Exceptio probat regulam de rebus non exceptis

Exceptio probat regulam de rebus non exceptis. 11 Rep. 41.-(An exception shows the rule concerning things not excepted.)

probate estate

probate estate

UPC

UPC Uniform Probate Code see also the Important Laws section

Executor

will be personally liable for a devastavit, but will not be responsible for mere neglect to take out probate (Re Stevens, (1898) 1 Ch 162). See DEVASTAVIT. (2) By operation of law by virtue of his office

Administrator

the property of a person dying intestate, or without executors appointed, accepting, or surviving, is committed by the Probate Court (now the Probate, Divorce and Admiralty Division of the High Court of Justice). (English) Supreme Court of

Renounce

Renounce, to give up a right. An executor who declines to take probate of the will of his testator is said to 'renounce' probate. Where any person, after 1st January, 1858,

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