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King's proctor

King's proctor, the proctor or solicitor representing the Crown in the Probate and Divorce Court. In proper cases it is his duty to intervene in petitions for dissolution or for

Justifying security

Justifying security. Administrators in certain cases are required by the Court of Probate to give justifying security-i.e., the sureties to the administration bond must, in an affidavit, swear that they are,

Interest suit

Interest suit. An action in the Probate Division of the High Court of Justice, iwhich the question in dispute is as to which party is

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Inland revenue

revenue (which is derived from the taxation of home commodities and duties on property and income, houses, stamps, probates, legacies, etc., as distinguished from the portion derived by customs duties (see CUSTOMS) from imported commodities-such as foreign

Infant

other person appointed by the Court for him, until the infant attains the age of twenty-one years and probate has been granted to him under s. 47 of the Administra-tion of Estates Act, 1925; infants who do

High Court of Justice

Common Pleas at Westminster; (4) The Court of Exchequer; (5) The Court of Admiralty; (6) The Court of Probate; (7) The Court for Divorce and Matrimonial Causes; (8) The Court of Common Pleas at Lancaster; (9) The

Donatio mortis causa

1894 (57 & 58 Vict. c. 30). It differs from a legacy in that it does not need probate, the donee's title being directly derived from the giver in his lifetime; it is not a testamentary act;

Executor of an executor

whereas an executor is appointed by the testator, an administrator merely derives his authority from the Court of Probate. See In the Goods of Reid, 1896, P. 129; and A.E. Act, 1925, s. 7.

Executor de son tort.

Corporation v. Parker, (1914) 2 KB 562. An executor de son tort can discharge his liability by obtaining probate if he is entitled, or by accounting to the personal representative, or to the Court, in an administration

Double grants

the non-proving executors to prove at a later date. The second grant will then be known as double probate. IT is made in general terms, but the value of the estate is sworn as the value of

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