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Catalogue description Court of Probate and Supreme Court of Judicature, High Court of Justice, Probate, Divorce and Admiralty Division: Principal Probate Registry: Contentious Probate Case Files and Papers
| Reference: | J 121 |
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| Title: | Court of Probate and Supreme Court of Judicature, High Court of Justice, Probate, Divorce and Admiralty Division: Principal Probate Registry: Contentious Probate Case Files and Papers |
| Description: |
This series consists of a 7% statistical sample of contentious probate case files and papers. In some cases the application for grant of probate arises from intestacy or from a difficulty concerning the legality of a will, such as not being properly signed and/or witnessed, or where only a copy of the original will has survived; in other cases, the papers arise from a dispute between interested parties. The files contain all the documents in the case, such as affidavits, petitions, pleadings, etc, and a note of its outcome. |
| Date: | 1858-1960 |
| Arrangement: |
The files are arranged alphabetically within years, under testator's names. |
| Related material: |
Records of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury in PROB |
| Held by: | The National Archives, Kew |
| Legal status: | Public Record(s) |
| Language: | English |
| Creator: |
Court for Divorce and Matrimonial Causes, 1858-1875 Court of Probate, 1858-1875 Supreme Court of Judicature, Probate, Divorce and Admiralty Division, 1875-1970 |
| Physical description: | 9116 files and papers |
| Access conditions: | Subject to 30 year closure |
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