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of letters of administration with the will annexed of the estate of such testator, and such grant may be made to the company upon its own application when so authorized, but the provisions of this section shall not apply to a case in which a will provides that a company shall not act as executor, or in the trusts thereof.
(3) It shall be lawful for any person or persons entitled to apply for administration of the estate of any intestate, whether such person or persons be absent from the Colony or not, and notwithstanding the provisions of any other enactment, to authorize a trust company to apply to the court for such letters of administration, either alone or jointly with any other person, and administration of the estate of any such intestate may be granted to the company either alone or jointly as aforesaid, upon its own application, when so authorized.
(4) For the purposes of any application to the court for letters of administration to the estate of any deceased person, the court shall consider a trust company, when authorized as aforesaid, to be in law entitled, equally with any other person or class of persons to apply for and obtain a grant, but a trust company, being so entitled, shall not on that account alone, be preferred to the widower, widow, or next-of-kin of any intestate.
(5) No grant of probate or of letters of administration shall be granted to a syndic or nominee on behalf of a trust company.
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84. (1) In all cases in which a trust company is empowered under this Part to apply for probate or letters of administration, any petition, declaration, account or affidavit or other necessary document may be made or sworn by any officer of the company duly authorized by the company in that behalf.
(2) Any officer of the company appointed by a trust company for that purpose may, on behalf of the company, sign any petition, account or statement, take any oath, swear any affidavit, make any declaration, verify any act, give personal attendance at any court or place, and do any act or thing whatsoever, which may require to be signed, taken, sworn, made, verified, given, or done on behalf of
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of letters of administration with the will annexed of the estate of such testator, and such grant may be made to the company upon its own application when so authorized, but the provisions of this section shall not apply to a case in which a will provides that a company shall not act as executor, or in the trusts thereof.
(3) It shall be lawful for any person or persons entitled to apply for administration of the estate of any intestate, whether such person or persons be absent from the Colony or not, and notwithstanding the provisions of any other enactment, to authorize a trust company to apply to the court for such letters of administration, either alone or jointly with any other person, and administration of the estate of any such intestate may be granted to the company either alone or jointly as aforesaid, upon its own applica- tion, when so authorized.
(4) For the purposes of any application to the court. for letters of administration to the estate of any deceased person, the court shall consider a trust company, when authorized as aforesaid, to be in law entitled, equally with. any other person or class of persons to apply for and obtain a grant, but a trust company, being so entitled, shall not on that account alone, be preferred to the widower, widow, or next-of-kin of any intestate.
(5) No grant of probate or of letters of administration shall be granted to a syndic or nominee on behalf of a trust company.
[84
as to
etc.
84. (1) In all cases in which a trust company is Procedure empowered under this Part to apply for probate or letters petitions. of administration, any petition, declaration, account or affidavit or other necessary document may be made or sworn by any officer of the company duly authorized by the com- pany in that behalf."
(2) Any officer of the company appointed by a trust company for that purpose may, on behalf of the company, sign any petition, account or statement, take any oath, swear any affidavit, make any declaration, verify any act, give personal attendance at any court or place, and do any act or thing whatsoever, which may require to be signed, taken, sworn, made, verified, given, or done on behalf of
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