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Record 1 2009-09-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Law of Estates (common law)
OBS

...the title of administrator is said to relate back to the death of the deceased to enable him to bring an action against anyone who has dealt wrongfully with the deceased's estate....("Macdonell, Sheard and Hull on Probate Practice" 3rd ed., 1981, p. 210)

CONT

An executor's title is derived from the will; probate is mere evidence of title and it relates back to [the testator's] death. (Curzon, Law of Succession, 1976, p. 185)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit successoral (common law)
OBS

Le verbe «relate back», peut se rendre en français par «rétroagir.

Spanish

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