The office and duty of executors [electronic resource] : Or, A Treatise directing Testators to form, and Executors to perform their Wills and Testaments according to Law. What a Man may give or dispose of by his Will; of Revocations and new Publications of Wills. Of the State of Things upon the Testator's Death; what may be done by an Executor, &c. Of proving Wills, and of the Fees payable for the Probates. What Things shall come to Executors by or after the Testator's Death. Cases between Heir and Executor; and of Suits by or against them; and of the Method of Payment of the Testator's Debts. Of Devastavit or Wasting; and of an Executor in his own wrong. Of married Women and Infant Executors; of Legacies; of Executors of Executors: of Administrators. Originally compiled by that Approved and Judicious Author Thomas Wentworth, of Lincoln's Inn, Esq; To which is added, the Supplement of H. Curson, Gent. many Hundred References, by a Barrister of Grey's Inn; and since revised and brought down to the present Time, by a gentleman of the Inner Temple.
1763
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The office and duty of executors [electronic resource] : Or, A Treatise directing Testators to form, and Executors to perform their Wills and Testaments according to Law. What a Man may give or dispose of by his Will; of Revocations and new Publications of Wills. Of the State of Things upon the Testator's Death; what may be done by an Executor, &c. Of proving Wills, and of the Fees payable for the Probates. What Things shall come to Executors by or after the Testator's Death. Cases between Heir and Executor; and of Suits by or against them; and of the Method of Payment of the Testator's Debts. Of Devastavit or Wasting; and of an Executor in his own wrong. Of married Women and Infant Executors; of Legacies; of Executors of Executors: of Administrators. Originally compiled by that Approved and Judicious Author Thomas Wentworth, of Lincoln's Inn, Esq; To which is added, the Supplement of H. Curson, Gent. many Hundred References, by a Barrister of Grey's Inn; and since revised and brought down to the present Time, by a gentleman of the Inner Temple.
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London : printed by H. Woodfall and W. Strahan, Law Printers to the King's Most Excellent Majesty; for J. Worrall, at the Dove, in Bell-Yard, near Lincoln's Inn; Anne Shuckburgh, at the Sun, between the two Temple Gates, Fleet-Street; and J. Richardson, in Pater-Noster Row, MDCCLXIII. [1763]
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Great Britain -- England -- London.
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English
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[16],261,[13],221,[49]p. ; 8⁰.
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'Supplement to The office and duty of executors' has separate pagination; the register is continuous.
Originally published anonymously, sometimes attributed to Sir John Doddridge (cf. DNB).
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Reproduction of original from British Library.
Originally published anonymously, sometimes attributed to Sir John Doddridge (cf. DNB).
Braces in imprint.
Reproduction of original from British Library.
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English Short Title Catalog, T130109.
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Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
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