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Confirmation of Executors (Scotland) Act 1858
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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]
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C1Short title “The Confirmation of Executors (Scotland) Act 1858” given by Short Titles Act 1896 (c. 14) but this Act may also be cited as Confirmation and Probate Act 1858
C2Act amended by Confirmation and Probate Amendment Act 1859 (22 Vict. c. 30)
C3Functions of Keeper of the Record of Edictal Citations now exercisable by such clerks and officers of the Court of Session as may be appointed from time to time: Reorganisation of Offices (Scotland) Act 1928 (c. 34), s. 8, S.R. & O. 1929/588 (Rev. XIX, p. 785: 1929, p. 1305) and Public Records (Scotland) Act 1937 (c. 43), s. 13
C4Functions of Commissary Courts and Commissary Clerks in Scotland (except Commissary Clerk of Edinburgh) now exercisable by Sheriffs and Sheriff Clerks: Sheriff Courts (Scotland) Act 1876 (c. 70), ss. 35-39, 54, Sheriff Courts and Legal Officers (Scotland) Act 1927 (c. 35), ss. 10, 11(1) and S.R. & O. 1933/1089 (1933, p. 520)
C5Preamble omitted under authority of Statute Law Revision Act 1892 (c. 19)
C6Words of enactment and certain other words repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1892 (c. 19)
C7Acts cited or referred to by their short titles under authority of Statute Law Revision Act 1893 (c. 14), s. 3
C8A dagger appended to a marginal note means that it is no longer accurate
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