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Avoiding Probate
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Definition of Contentious Probate Business In accordance with the work A Dictionary of Law, this is a description of Contentious Probate Business : Disputed applications to the court relating to the validity of wills and the administration of estates.Court of Probate
Definition of Court of Probate In accordance with the work A Dictionary of Law, this is a description of Court of Probate : A court created in 1857 to take over the jurisdiction formerly exercised by the ecclesiastical courts in relation to the granting of probate and letters of [...]Double Probate
Definition of Double Probate In accordance with the work A Dictionary of Law, this is a description of Double Probate : A second grant of *probate in respect of the same estate in favour of an executor who was not a party to the first grant. This occurs when the executor has not renounced his [...]Equity
Definition of Equity In accordance with the work A Dictionary of Law, this is a description of Equity : 1. That part of English law originally administered by the *Lord Chancellor and later by the *Court of Chancery, as distinct from that administered by the courts of *common law. The common [...]Estate Law
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Definition of Legacy This is a term used in wills and probate matters. History Legacy (Lat. legatum), in English law, some particular thing or things given or left by a testator in his will, to be paid or performed by his executor or administrator. The word is primarily applicable to [...]Legal Advice Probate
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Definition of Probate Or Letters Of Administration These are terms used in wills and probate matters. Meaning of Probate The following is an old definition of Probate [1]: Formal, official or legal proof: as, the probate of (and to probate) a claim, a will. When a will is proved, the original [...]Probate Court
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Definition of Probate Registry This is a term used in wills and probate matters.Probate Will
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