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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

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

Judge

the (English) Supreme Court of Judicature (Amendment) Act, 1935 (25 Geo. 5, c. 2), s. 1. In the Probate, Divorce and Admiralty Division there is the President and two judges. In the Court of Appeal, in addition

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Intervention

was peculiar to the Ecclesiastical and Admiralty Courts. It is now practised in actions or suits in the Probate, Divorce, and Admiralty Division of the High Court. An intervener must take the cause as he finds it

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

Duplicate Will

his will ,one to keep himself and the other to be deposited with another person. upon application for probate of a duplicate Will, both copies must be deposited in the registry of the Court of Probate.

Disclaimer

after such disclaimer has no interest in the estate. An heir-at-law could not disclaim. An executor may, before probate, 'disclaim,' or as it is more properly called, 'renounce,' the executorship, and the executor of an executor may,

Bona notabilia

Bona notabilia, notable good--goods sufficient in amount to require a probate or administration to be taken out under ecclesiastical law. They were determined by the 93rd Canon (excepting in

Attestation Clause

but it is added that 'no form of attestation shall be necessary.' By Rule 4 of the (English) Probate (Non-Contentious) Rules, 1925, however, it is provided, that 'if there be no attestation clause to a will or

Assize, or assise

prescribed by the Lord Chancellor with the concurrence of the Lord Chief Justice and the President of the Probate Division. The commissioner has all the powers and duties which are vested in the Probate Division in respect

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