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... absence of special rules , & c . , to the contrary , and where they do not conflict with the several rules and orders applicable to all the divisions , are those in force under the Court of Probate Act of 1857 . The General Rules under ...
... absence of special rules , & c . , to the contrary , and where they do not conflict with the several rules and orders applicable to all the divisions , are those in force under the Court of Probate Act of 1857 . The General Rules under ...
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... absence of a satisfactory account of the way in which the instructions were taken.2 illiterate tes- Satisfactory evidence must be given of a blind testator's Blind and knowledge and approval of his will before execution.3 But it is not ...
... absence of a satisfactory account of the way in which the instructions were taken.2 illiterate tes- Satisfactory evidence must be given of a blind testator's Blind and knowledge and approval of his will before execution.3 But it is not ...
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... absence or presence of what , used in a certain sense of it , is comprisable in a single term , namely , delusion ... absence or presence of delusion so understood forms the true and only test or criterion of absent or present insanity ...
... absence or presence of what , used in a certain sense of it , is comprisable in a single term , namely , delusion ... absence or presence of delusion so understood forms the true and only test or criterion of absent or present insanity ...
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... absence of mental de- rangement , owing to excitement arising from drunkenness at the time the will is made , suffices to render the will unimpeachable . In other words , intoxication is temporary insanity from incapability of the brain ...
... absence of mental de- rangement , owing to excitement arising from drunkenness at the time the will is made , suffices to render the will unimpeachable . In other words , intoxication is temporary insanity from incapability of the brain ...
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... absence of evidence of insanity at the time a will Effect of is made , suicide three days ( or immediately ) afterwards , raises no inference of insanity.2 from the will . A rational will , i.e. , a will made in accordance with the ...
... absence of evidence of insanity at the time a will Effect of is made , suicide three days ( or immediately ) afterwards , raises no inference of insanity.2 from the will . A rational will , i.e. , a will made in accordance with the ...
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Probate and Administration, Law and Practice in Common Form and Contentious ... William John Dixon No preview available - 2018 |
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Common terms and phrases
action Admi adminis Admiralty Division admitted affidavit aforesaid annexed appear application appointed attesting witnesses bond cause or matter caveat citation cited claim codicil concurrent writ copy costs county court Court of Chancery Court of Justice Court of Probate court or judge creditor Curt day of 18 death debts deceased deceased's defendant died direct district registry Divorce documents domicile duly entitled estate and effects evidence execution executor filed Hagg High Court indorsement interest intestacy intestate issue judgment jurisdiction jury letters of administration liabilities motion notice oath otherwise party personal estate Phillim plaintiff plea pleading principal registry Prob probate or letters proceedings propounded proved realty registrar residuary legatee revocation revoked rules sect signature signed solicitor statement of claim statute Statute of Frauds suit sureties sworn taxing officer testamentary paper testator's thereof tion trial unless valid Vict writ of summons
Popular passages
Page 32 - That no will shall be valid unless it shall be in writing and executed in manner hereinafter mentioned ; (that is to say), it shall be signed at the foot or end thereof by the testator, or by some other person in his presence and by his direction...
Page 316 - Affidavits shall be confined to such facts as the witness is able of his own knowledge to prove, except on interlocutory motions, on which statements as to his belief, with the grounds thereof, may be admitted.
Page 418 - It shall be lawful for the court or a judge at any time during the pendency of any cause or matter, to order the production by any party thereto, upon oath, of such of the documents in his possession or power...
Page 112 - And be it further enacted, That every Will made by a Man or Woman shall be revoked by his or her Marriage (except a Will made in exercise of a Power of Appointment, when the Real or Personal Estate thereby appointed would not in default of such Appointment pass to his or her Heir, Customary Heir, Executor, or Administrator, or the Person entitled as his or her next of Kin, under the Statute of Distributions) . XIX.
Page 422 - Court and the parties shall be at liberty to refer to the whole contents of such documents, and the Court shall be at liberty to draw from the facts and documents stated in any such special case any inference, whether of fact or law, which might have been drawn therefrom if proved at a trial.
Page 434 - Act it is enacted6 that if any person shall attest the execution of any will to whom, or to whose wife, or husband any beneficial devise, legacy, estate, interest, gift or appointment of, or affecting any real or personal estate (other than and except charges and directions for the payment of any debt or debts) shall be thereby given or made, such devise, legacy, estate, gift or appointment shall, so far only as concerns such person attesting the execution of such will, or the wife or husband of...
Page 397 - ... by the burning, tearing, or otherwise destroying the same by the testator, or by some person in his presence and by his direction, with the intention of revoking the same.
Page 564 - ... were respectively written, signed, or executed, as they purport respectively to have been ; that such as are specified as copies are". true copies ; and such documents as are stated to have been served, sent, or delivered, were so served, sent, or delivered respectively ; saving all just exceptions to the admissibility of all such documents as evidence in this cause.
Page 307 - Registrar, may transact all such business and exercise all such authority and jurisdiction in respect of the same, as under the Acts or these Rules may be AD 1883.
Page 114 - AND be it further enacted, that no will or codicil, or any part thereof, which shall be in any manner revoked, shall be revived otherwise than by the re-execution thereof, or by a codicil executed in manner herein-before required and showing an intention to revive the same ; and when any will or codicil which shall be partly revoked, and afterwards wholly revoked, shall be revived, such revival shall not extend to so much thereof as shall have been revoked before the revocation of the whole thereof,...