Court of Probate Act 1857

United Kingdom legislation
Court of Probate Act 1857[1]
Act of Parliament
Long titleAn Act to amend the Law relating to Probates and Letters of Administration in England.
Citation20 & 21 Vict. c. 77
Territorial extent England and Wales
Dates
Royal assent25 August 1857
Commencement11 January 1858[2]
Other legislation
Repealed bySupreme Court Act 1981
Status: Repealed

The Court of Probate Act 1857[1] (20 & 21 Vict. c. 77) was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It transferred responsibility for the granting of probate, and letters of administration, from the ecclesiastical courts of England and Wales to a new civil Court of Probate. It created a Principal Probate Registry in London (Somerset House)[3] and a number of district probate registries.

Sources

  • Herber, Mark (2004). Ancestral Trails: The Complete Guide to British Genealogy and Family History, p. 214. Sutton Publishing.

References

  1. ^ a b The citation of this Act by this short title was authorised by the Short Titles Act 1896, section 1 and the first schedule. Due to the repeal of those provisions it is now authorised by section 19(2) of the Interpretation Act 1978. This short title was previously conferred on this Act by section 38 of the Court of Probate Act 1858 (21 & 22 Vict c 95).
  2. ^ Order in Council dated 2 December 1857, made under section 1: See Richard Jebb, The Act to amend the Law relating to Probates and Letters of Administration in England, London, 1858, p 39.
  3. ^ "Somerset House: Court of Probate. Elevation of New Principal Registry". National Archives. Retrieved 5 April 2018.

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  • HMCS Probate Service
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