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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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Resources See Also Further Reading Wills and Intestacy in the Encyclopedia of Britain Wills and Intestacy in the Osborn's Concise Law Dictionary Wills and Intestacy in the Halsbury's Laws of England Wills and Intestacy in the Stroud's Judicial Dictionary of Words and Phrases Wills [...]Wills Contents
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