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MATTERS TESTAMENTARY [2 records]

Record 1 2016-05-24

English

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

"Matters and causes testamentary" includes all matters and causes relating to the grant and revocation of letters probate of wills or letters of administration.

CONT

Subject to The Judicature Act, all jurisdiction and authority in relation to matters and causes testamentary, and in relation to the granting or revoking of probate of wills and letters of administration of the property of deceased persons, and all matters arising out of or connected with the grant or revocation of grant of probate or administration, are vested in the several surrogate courts.

OBS

Terms usually used in the plural.

Key term(s)
  • testamentary causes and matters
  • testamentary matters and causes

French

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

La faveur en laquelle le législateur tient la donation à l'égard du donataire est telle qu'il permet de faire une donation à toute personne qui, à cette époque, est simplement conçue. La donation prendra effet si la personne en question est ensuite née viable. Le même principe prévaut en matière testamentaire.

Key term(s)
  • matières testamentaires

Spanish

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Record 2 2001-06-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Law of Estates (common law)
  • Law of Succession (civil law)
  • Courts
CONT

The jurisdiction of the Supreme Court is usually confined to applications to construe wills already probated in the Surrogate Court and the Supreme Court usually has no jurisdiction in the matter of probate. However, the statute may provide for transferring contentious testamentary matters from the Surrogate Court to the High Court(or trial division of the Supreme Court) by order of a Supreme Court judge. When this is done the judgment of the Supreme Court judge is certified to the Registrar of the Surrogate Court. Whether or not the Supreme Court of the province has testamentary jurisdiction in contentious business and whether that jurisdiction arises initially or depends on an order being made to transfer a contentious matter to it, will depend on the relevant legislation of the province.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit successoral (common law)
  • Droit successoral (droit civil)
  • Tribunaux
CONT

Le 18 mars 1970, l'intimée a demandé et obtenu l'émission de lettres d'administration de la cour de vérification du district judiciaire de l'est du Manitoba. Le ministre des Affaires indiennes et du Nord canadien n'avait pas consenti, suivant l'art. 44 de la Loi sur les Indiens, à ce que la cour de vérification exerce, relativement à la succession de C, sa juridiction en matière testamentaire.

Spanish

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