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Prerogative courts
& 3 Wm. 4, c. 92. See now Jud. Act, 1925, ss. 20 (a), 107, replacing Court of Probate Act 1857, s. 4, which took away their jurisdiction in testamentary matters, 2 Steph. Com. Distinct tribunals for
Proctor
the abolition of the jurisdiction of the Ecclesiastical Courts in causes matrimonial and testamentary, the (English) Court of Probate Act, 1857 (2 & 21 Vict. c. 77), ss. 43, 105, 106, and c. 85, s. 69, awarded
Succession duties
of 1 per cent. payable by lineal ancestors or descendants, in cases where the duty on affidavit for probate had been paid; and the (English) Finance Act, 1894, by s. 1 directed that this duty should not
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Warning of a Caveat
Warning of a Caveat, a notice to a person who has entered a caveat in the Probate branch of the High Court to appear and set forth his interest. Consult Tristram and Coote's Probate Practice.
disposition
disposition 1 a : the final determination of a matter (as a case or motion) by a court or quasi-judicial tribunal [the beneficiary of such a of charges against him "United States v. Smith, 354 A.2d...
Previous conviction
See Faulkner v. R., (1905) 2 KB 76. Multiplicata' transgressione crescat p'n' inflictio, 2 Inst. 479. And see PROBATION and PREVENTIVE DETENTION.
correction
a rise 2 : the treatment and rehabilitation of offenders through a program involving penal custody, parole, and probation often used in pl. cor·rec·tion·al adj
custody
c : official restraint on freedom (as by arrest or imprisonment or by release on bail, personal recognizance, probation, or parole) compare arrest constructive custody : custody of a person (as a parolee) who is not under
On a regular basis
On a regular basis, when a person is appointed to a post against a permanent vacancy on probation, his appointment is on a regular basis, but when a person is appointed to a post on a
diversion
or makes restitution and after which the charges are dismissed if the rehabilitation or restitution is completed compare probation di··ver·sion·ary [-vər-zhə-ner-ē, -shə-] adj
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