Acts and Regulations

D-9 - Devolution of Estates Act

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Jurisdiction of Court
4Subject to the provisions hereinafter contained, the jurisdiction of any court with respect to the appointment of administrators or to probate or letters of administration, and all enactments and rules of law relating to the effect of probate or letters of administration as respects personal property and as respects the dealings with personal property before probate or administration and as respects the payment of costs of administration and other matters in relation to the administration of personal estate, and the powers, rights, duties and liabilities of personal representatives in respect of personal property applies to real property vesting in these representatives, so far as the same are applicable, as if that real property were personal property, save that it is not lawful for some or one only of several joint personal representatives, without the authority of the Court, to sell or transfer real property.
R.S., c.62, s.4
Jurisdiction of Court
4Subject to the provisions hereinafter contained, the jurisdiction of any court with respect to the appointment of administrators or to probate or letters of administration, and all enactments and rules of law relating to the effect of probate or letters of administration as respects personal property and as respects the dealings with personal property before probate or administration and as respects the payment of costs of administration and other matters in relation to the administration of personal estate, and the powers, rights, duties and liabilities of personal representatives in respect of personal property applies to real property vesting in these representatives, so far as the same are applicable, as if that real property were personal property, save that it is not lawful for some or one only of several joint personal representatives, without the authority of the Court, to sell or transfer real property.
R.S., c.62, s.4