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No. 2 of 1897.

PROBATES.

Ordinance No. 3

of 1932.

General jurisdiction of the court

in matters of probate and

out a will annexed, and whether granted for general, special, or limited purposes ;

(b) "The court " means the Supreme Court exercising jurisdiction under this Ordinance;

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of a

"Estate" or "property (c)

deceased person means the personal estate and effects of whatever kind of such person, and includes property passing on the death of such person;

(d) "Estate duty means estate duty under the Estate Duty Ordinance, 1932;

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(e) "Matters and causes testamentary comprehend all matters and causes relating to the granting and revocation of probate of wills and of administration;

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(f) "Next of kin includes persons entitled in their own right to property passing on the death of any person.

PART I.

JURISDICTION AND POWERS OF THE COURT.

3.-(1) The voluntary and contentious jurisdiction and authority in relation to the granting and revocation of probate of wills and of letters of administration of the estates of deceased persons, together with full authority to hear and determine all questions relating to matters and causes testa- 20 & 21 Vict. mentary, shall as heretofore belong to and be vested in and be

exercised in the name of His Majesty by the Supreme Court.

administra-

tion.

c. 77, s. 4.

20 & 21 Vict. c. 77, s. 23.

(2) The Supreme Court shall as heretofore, for the purposes of this Ordinance, be deemed a court of probate and shall be a court of record, and shall have the same powers, and its grants and orders shall have the same effect, in this Colony, and in relation to the estates in this Colony of deceased persons, as the Supreme Court and its grants and orders respectively now have or hitherto have had in relation to matters and causes testamentary and estates of deceased persons within the juris- diction of the Supreme Court; and all duties which are or have been imposed on or should be performed by the Supreme Court in respect of probates, administrations, and matters and causes testamentary shall be performed by the Supreme Court under Provided that no the probate jurisdiction hereby continued: suits for legacies, or suits for the distribution of residues, shall

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