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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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