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contest
contest : to dispute or challenge through legal procedures [ a will] [kÄ n-test] n : a challenge brought through formal or legal procedures [boundary controversies or other s between states "Felix Frankfurter"] ;specif : will contest see also no contest clause ...
no contest clause
no contest clause : a clause inserted in a will that causes a legacy to be forfeited if the legatee challenges the will by bringing a will contest ...
administrator
administrator 1 : a person appointed by a probate court to manage the distribution of the assets in the estate of a person who has died without leaving a valid will or leaving a will that does not name an executor able or willing to perform see also administratrix letters of administration at letter compare executor, personal representative administrator ad litem : an administrator appointed to represent an estate that is a necessary party to a lawsuit administrator cum testamento annexo : administrator with the will annexed in this entry administrator de bo·nis non [-dē-bō-nis-nÄ n, -dā-bō-nis-nōn] : an administrator appointed to administer the remaining assets in the estate when the preceding administrator or executor can or will no longer perform administrator pen·den·te li·te [-pen-den-tē-lī-tē, -pen-den-tā-lē-tā] : special administrator in this entry administrator with the will annexed : an ...
Contest
Contest, the meaning of the word 'contest' is according to Black's Law Dictionary, to make defence to an adverse claim in a Court of law, to oppose, 'resist or dispute; to strive to win or hold: to controvert, litigate, call in question, challenge to defend. The contest continues right up to the final decision or, in other words the right to contest comes to an end only when a final decision is given one way or the other putting an end to the litigation between the parties with regard to the alienation, Darshan Singh v. Ram Pal Singh, 1992 Supp (1) SCC 191: AIR 1991 SC 1654. 1665, [Punjab Customs (Power to Contest) Act, (2 of 1920), s. 7]...
natural object
natural object : a person likely to be the recipient of some thing or action ;esp : a person who is close to or related to a person dying whether testate or intestate, who would reasonably be expected to receive a share of the estate, and who may be so recognized in the absence of a will or in a will contest usually used in the phrase natural object of one's bounty [widows and children, who, as the natural objects of a testator's bounty, were…residuary legatees "Lomon v. Citizens Nat'l. Bank & Trust of Muskogee, 689 P.2d 306 (1984)"] ...
Contesting candidate and returned candidate
Contesting candidate and returned candidate, a returned candidate is one who has been elected and a contesting candidate is one who has not withdrawn his candidature under s. 37. In clause (a) of s. 82 the words 'he himself or any other candidate', 'any other candidate' there means any other contesting candidate, Har Swarup v. Brij Bhushan Swarup, AIR 1967 SC 836 (838): (1967) 1 SCR 342. [Representation of the People Act, 1951, s. 82(a)]...
Contesting candidates
Contesting candidates, these contesting candidates within the phraseology which has been used in s. 38 are candidates who were included in the list of validly nominated candidates and who have not withdrawn their candidature within the period prescribed for such withdrawal. These are the contesting candidates within the meaning of that term as used in the Act and they are normally expected to go to the poll, K. Kamaraja Nadar v. Kunju Thevar, AIR 1958 SC 687 (694). [Representation of the People Act, 1951, s. 38]...
contestant
contestant : one that initiates or participates in a contest ...
Returned candidate and contesting candidate
Returned candidate and contesting candidate, a returned candidate is one who has been elected and a contesting candidate is one who has not withdrawn his candidature under s. 37, Har Swarup v. Brij Bhusan Saran, AIR 1967 SC 836: (1967) 1 SCR 342. [Representation of the People Act, 1951, s. 82(a), 37)]...
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