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  1. Library Resource
    Legislation
    Nigeria, Africa, Western Africa

    This Act provides with respect to administration of estates left by deceased persons. It concerns, among other things, devolution of property on personal representative, powers of executors, rights and liabilities of administrator and duty of personal representative, procedures for grants of probate and administration, administration of assets, distribution of residuary estate.

  2. Library Resource
    Legislation
    Nigeria, Africa, Western Africa

    This Act provides for the administration of estates of persons that die intestate. When a person dies intestate leaving any real property of whatsoever nature of which the intestate might have disposed of by will, such real property shall for the purposes of ad ministration be deemed to be part of the personal estate of the said intestate and shall be administered accordingly.

  3. Library Resource
    Legislation
    Nigeria, Africa, Western Africa

    This Law provides with respect to inheritance and transfer of small estates (as defined). and provides that the Administration of Estate Law, Probate rules, or any other law or rules of court under which grant of Letters of Administration is required for payment of money from the estate of deceased persons shall cease to apply to small estates except as provided in this Law.

  4. Library Resource
    Legislation
    Nigeria, Africa, Western Africa

    This Law stipulates that notwithstanding any native law or custom to the contrary a female person has the right to acquire and own property and shall share in the intestate estate of her deceased father, mother or husband in accordance with the provisions of this Law. Females may be the administrator or one of the administrators of her fathers, mothers or husbands estate. The Law also grants other rights to women and provides protection of women from degrading treatment and provides with respect to alienation of property. or interest in the matrimonial home.

  5. Library Resource

    An Act to make provisions for the re-sealing of probates and letters of administration issued and sealed in the High Court of a State by the High Court of another State and to make similar provisions relating to Commonwealth countries.

    Legislation
    Nigeria, Africa, Western Africa

    This Act provides for the re-sealing of probates and letters of administration granted in Commonwealth countries and a State of Nigeria. The Act defines conditions to be fulfilled before re-sealing and effects of re-sealing. The High Court of a State may, if it thinks fit, on the application of any creditor, require, before re-sealing, that adequate security be given for the payment of debts due from the estate to creditors residing in that State.

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