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Testamentary causes
Testamentary causes, proceedings in the Probate Branch of the High Court of Justice relating to the proving and validity of wills and intestacies, over
Wills
Will of Living Person.-By the (English) Jud. Act, 1925, s. 172, replacing s. 91 of the Court of Probate Act, 1857:- There shall, under the control and direction of the High Court, be provided safe and convenient
probate
: to establish (a will) as valid through probate 2 a : to put (a convicted offender) on probation b : to replace (a sentence) with probation
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Notwithstanding anything contained in law for the time in force
Notwithstanding anything contained in law for the time in force, sub-s. (1) of s. 4 of the Probation of Offenders Act contains the words 'notwithstand-ing anything contained in law for the time being in force'. The
Iddat
Iddat, means the time of probation which a divorced woman or widow must wait before she marries again in order to determine whether she
probationable
probationable : not precluding probation : punishable by probation [a offense]
Arches, Court of
Wheeler's Privy Council Law. The jurisdiction of the Court in testamentary matters was transferred to the Court of Probate (now the Probate Division) by the Court of Probate Act, 1857 (20 & 21 Vict. c. 77). The
Citation
Citation, a summons to appear, applied particularly to process in the spiritual, probate, and matrimonial courts, see Tristram v. Coote, (English) Probate Pr. And Probate Rules, 1862 and (non-contentious) 1925; a
Royal Courts of Justice
erection of buildings for bringing together into one place 'all the superior Courts of Law and Equity, the Probate and Divorce Courts and the court of Admiralty' recommended by a Royal Commission in 1858 was authorized by
Divisions of the High Court
into five Divisions, which were called the Chancery, the Queen's Bench, the Common Pleas, the Exchequer, and the Probate, Divorce and Admiralty Divisions, the judges of these Divisions being for the most part those who sat in
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