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GENERAL GRANT PROBATE [5 records]

Record 1 2014-02-21

English

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

letters of administration with the will annexed; letters of administration with will annexed; letters of administration cum testamento annexo: terms usually used in the plural.

OBS

Where the deceased left a will, but there is no proving executor, a grant of administration "cum testamento annexo" is made. [Mellows, "The Law of Succession," 4th ed., 1983, p. 226].

CONT

If a will of the deceased exists, but no executors has been appointed, or the executor appointed predeceases the testator, or refuses or becomes incapable to act, the court will grant(as a general rule, to the person having the greatest interest under the will, e. g., the residuary legatee) letters of administration with the will annexed(cum testamento annexo), a grant which is similar to probate of the will.(Jowitt, p. 1084)

French

Domaine(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Droit des biens et de la propriété (common law)
  • Droit successoral (common law)
OBS

Dans l'équivalent français, l'adjectif «testamentaire» qualifie le mot «administration»; il ne prend pas la marque du pluriel.

OBS

lettres d'administration testamentaire : terme habituellement utilisé au pluriel.

OBS

lettres d'administration testamentaire : terme normalisé par le Comité de normalisation dans le cadre du Programme national de l'administration de la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).

Spanish

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Record 2 2013-05-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Property Law (common law)
  • Law of Estates (common law)
CONT

Probate "caeterorum" is granted where the executor for the special purpose has taken his grant and the general executor later applies.(Williams, Mortimer & Sunnucks on Executors, Administrators and Probate, 1982, p. 264).

French

Domaine(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Droit des biens et de la propriété (common law)
  • Droit successoral (common law)
OBS

lettres d'homologation complémentaires : terme habituellement utilisé au pluriel.

OBS

lettres d'homologation complémentaires : terme normalisé par le Comité de normalisation dans le cadre du Programme national de l'administration de la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).

Key term(s)
  • lettre d'homologation complémentaire

Spanish

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Record 3 2013-01-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Law of Estates (common law)
CONT

General and limited probate. Where a testator has appointed an executor of his will generally, and another executor for particular purposes, and the general and limited executors apply for probate together, the grant is made in the same instrument, but the powers of each are distinguished; i. e., probate in respect of all the estate is granted to the general executor but the powers of the other executor are limited in the manner specified in the will.(Tristram and Coote, 26th, p. 374)

French

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

lettres d'homologation générales : terme normalisé par le Comité de normalisation dans le cadre du Programme national de l'administration de la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).

OBS

lettres d'homologation générales : terme utilisé au pluriel dans ce contexte.

Spanish

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Record 4 2012-12-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Law of Estates (common law)
CONT

Grant of probate or administration... When the time of a limited grant has expired, the person entitled may apply for a general and regular grant.(Jowitt's, 2nd ed., 1977, p. 870)

CONT

A "cessate" grant... seems to be a species of grant de bonis non, but is distinguished from the grant de bonis non by being in form a regrant of the whole of a deceased person’s estate. (Hull & Cullity, Macdonell, Sheard and Hull on Probate Practice, 3rd ed., 1981, p. 264)

French

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

lettres postérieures : terme normalisé par le Comité de normalisation dans le cadre du Programme national de l'administration de la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).

OBS

lettres postérieures : terme utilisé au pluriel dans ce contexte.

Key term(s)
  • lettre postérieure

Spanish

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Record 5 2012-10-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Law of Estates (common law)
CONT

A need for a "caeterorum" grant may arise, for example, when the assignee of part of the deceased's estate has obtained a grant limited to the property he claims, or a legatee has obtained a grant limited to the amount of his legacy, or a trustee or "cestui que trust" has obtained administration limited to the property of which the deceased was trustee. In all such cases those entitled to a general grant, whether on intestacy or with the will annexed, may take administration of the rest of the deceased's estate.(Hull & Cullity, Macdonell, Sheard and Hull on Probate Practice, 3rd ed., 1981, p. 268)

French

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

lettres complémentaires : terme normalisé par le Comité de normalisation dans le cadre du Programme national de l'administration de la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).

OBS

lettres complémentaires : terme utilisé au pluriel.

Key term(s)
  • lettre complémentaire

Spanish

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