administration of estates

The Probate Division hears matters concerning wills and administration of estates.

The bill passed into law as the Administration of Estates (Small Payments) Act 1965.

Administration of Estates Act.

The Shadow learned that Harlingsworth, a former bank director, was a man of high repute, who specialized in the administration of estates.

The rule of primogeniture in England was not changed until the Administration of Estates Act in 1925.

This jurisdiction includes matters concerning admiralty, company law, bankruptcy, the administration of estates and trusts, property transfer, land valuation, and many other areas.

The Administration of Estates Act 1925 has provided a uniform method for the administration of all the property of a deceased person.

Under the Administration of Estates Act 1925, real and personal estates are equally liable to the payment of these debts.

Escheat was swept away, together with the old law of intestate succession, by the new scheme introduced by the Administration of Estates Act 1925.

Bankruptcy and insolvency, on the other hand, is a general matter, providing a legal system for the administration of estates of persons who may become bankrupt or insolvent.

A probate court (also called a surrogate court) is a specialized court that deals with matters of probate and the administration of estates.

The jurisdiction of the ecclesiastical courts relating to probate, administration of estates and matrimonial causes was vested in the High Court on 5 July 1884.

He acted as agent for Lord Torphichen and was commissary of Edinburgh, an important post in the administration of estates of the deceased.

This is governed by Section 7 of the Administration of Estates Act 1925 in the United Kingdom, for example.)

Records from a later era indicate that in this position she would have been responsible for all temple properties, administration of estates, workshops, treasuries and all the associated administration staff.

Section 4(1A) of the Administration of Estates Act provided that the Master did not have jurisdiction over estates that devolved in terms of customary law.

Over the centuries, various acts were passed to degavel individual manors but, in England and Wales, it was the Administration of Estates Act 1925 that finally abolished the custom.

In England and Wales, the rules of succession are the Intestacy Rules set out in the Administration of Estates Act and associated legislation.

The Suffolk County Surrogate's Court hears cases involving the affairs of decedents, including the probate of wills and the administration of estates, guardianships, and adoptions.

The constitution also provides for a unique Probate Court in the consolidated city-county of Denver, which has exclusive jurisdiction in matters of probate and administration of estates.

Among the cases litigated in the District Courts are domestic relations, lawsuits for damages, probate and administration of estates, legal guardianship, conservatorship, the mentally ill, juvenile justice, and small claims.

Before abolition of gavelkind tenure by the Administration of Estates Act of 1925, all land in Kent was presumed to be held by gavelkind until the contrary was proved.

The Administration of Estates Act 1925 has repealed the Statutes of Distribution altogether, and has confined the operation of the statutes of 1833 and 1859 to three specific cases.

More elaboration on how Pendente lite works See The Tanzanian statute "The Probate and Administration of Estates Act Cap 352 Revised Edition 2002" especially Section 38.

The Professional Practice paper, for example, covers of Land Law, Probate and Administration of Estates, Bankruptcy and Winding Up, Ethics of the Legal Profession, and Advocacy.