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Confirmation of Executors (Scotland) Act 1858 (c. 56)

Confirmation of Executors (Scotland) Act 1858 1858 CHAPTER 56 21 and 22 Vict An Act to amend the Law relating to the Confirmation of Executors in Scotland, and to extend over all parts of the United Kingdom the effect of such Confirmation, and of Grants of Probate and Administration. [23rd July 1858]

Legislation

Table of Content

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2. Petition to Commissary to be substituted. †Form of petition as in Schedule A. U.K.

3. To whom petition to be presented. U.K.

4. Mode of intimating petition. U.K.

5. Certificate of intimation of petition. Additional intimation of petition in certain cases. U.K.

6. Procedure on petition. U.K.

7. Not to affect present procedure. U.K.

8. Where inventories, &c. may be recorded. Confirmations may be granted. U.K.

9. Inventory may include personal estate in any part of United Kingdom. U.K.

10. Form and effect of confirmations. U.K.

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15. For securing the stamp duties, probates, &c. to be deemed granted for all the property in the United Kingdom. U.K.

16. Provisions of former Acts to apply to the probates, letters of administration, and inventories mentioned in this Act. U.K.

17. Affidavit as to domicile to be made on applying for probate or administration. U.K.

18. Acts of sederunt to be passed for following out the purposes of this Act. U.K.

19. Former Acts of Sederunt repealed if inconsistent with this Act. U.K.

20. Form of a Testament Testamentar or Confirmation of an Executor Nominate. S

1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F1 U.K.

2. Petition to Commissary to be substituted. †Form of petition as in Schedule A. U.K.

3. To whom petition to be presented. U.K.

4. Mode of intimating petition. U.K.

5. Certificate of intimation of petition. Additional intimation of petition in certain cases. U.K.

6. Procedure on petition. U.K.

7. Not to affect present procedure. U.K.

8. Where inventories, &c. may be recorded. Confirmations may be granted. U.K.

9. Inventory may include personal estate in any part of United Kingdom. U.K.

10. Form and effect of confirmations. U.K.

11. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . U.K.

12. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F16 U.K.

13. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F17 U.K.

15. For securing the stamp duties, probates, &c. to be deemed granted for all the property in the United Kingdom. U.K.

16. Provisions of former Acts to apply to the probates, letters of administration, and inventories mentioned in this Act. U.K.

17. Affidavit as to domicile to be made on applying for probate or administration. U.K.

18. Acts of sederunt to be passed for following out the purposes of this Act. U.K.

19. Former Acts of Sederunt repealed if inconsistent with this Act. U.K.

20. Form of a Testament Testamentar or Confirmation of an Executor Nominate. S

Section 1

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Textual Amendments F1 S. 1 repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1892 (c. 19)

Section 2

2. Petition to Commissary to be substituted. †Form of petition as in Schedule A. U.K.

Every person desirous of being decerned executor of a deceased person as disponee, next of kin, creditor, or in any other character whatsoever now competent, or of having some other person, possessed of such character, decerned executor to a deceased person, shall . . . . . . F2 present a petition to the commissary for the appointment of an executor; which petition . . . . . . F3 shall be subscribed by the petitioner or by his agent [ F4 or by an executry practitioner [ F5 or a recognised financial institution providing executry services ] within the meaning of section 23 of the Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions)(Scotland) Act 1990 ] . Textual Amendments F2 Words repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1892 (c. 19) F3 Word repealed by S. I. 1964/1143 F4 Words added (1.3.1997 except in relation to a recognised financial institution, as to which prosp. .) by Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions)(Scotland) Act 1990 (c. 40, SIF 76:2), s. 74(1), Sch. 8 para. 22(1); S.I. 1996/2894 , art. 3 , Sch. (as amended by S.I. 1996/2966 , art. 2 ) F5 Words in s. 2 repealed (S.) (15.8.2003) by Public Appointments and Public Bodies etc. (Scotland) Act 2003 (asp 4) , s. 21(2) , Sch. 4 para. 1 ; S.S.I. 2003/384 , art. 2(d) Modifications etc. (not altering text) C9 A dagger appended to a marginal note means that it is no longer accurate