Intestates Widows and Children (Scotland) Act 1875
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SCHEDULE A Form of Inventory and Relative Declaration
Inventory of the Personal Estate, wheresoever situated, of [name and description of deceased] who died at on the day of 18. Scotland. | £ | s. | d. 1. | Cash in the house 2. | Household furniture and other effects in the deceased’s house 3. | Stock in trade and other effects belonging to deceased 4. | Sum in bank; viz., [specify it with interest thereon to date of declaration to Inventory.]* *[Add any other estate in the usual form.]— At , the day of one thousand eight hundred and, [name and address of applicant] (hereinafter referred to “the applicant”) hereby declares, that the said died at upon the day of , and had at the time of his [or her] death his [or her] ordinary or principal domicile in the county of : That the applicant is the [widow or son or daughter of the said deceased , and is desirous to enter upon the possession and management of the deceased’s estate as his [or her] executor: That the applicant does not know of any testamentary settlement or writing relative to the disposal of the deceased’s personal estate or effects, or any part thereof: That the foregoing inventory, signed by the applicant and the said as relative hereto, is a full and complete inventory of the personal estate and effects of the said deceased wheresoever situated and belonging or due to him [or her] beneficially at the time of his [or her] death, in so far as the same has come to the applicant’s knowledge: That the value at this date of the said personal estate and effects, including the proceeds accrued thereon down to this date, does not exceed £36,000 sterling: That confirmation of the said personal estate in Scotland [England and Ireland as the case may be] is required in favour of the applicant. . . .
SCHEDULE A Form of Inventory and Relative Declaration
Inventory of the Personal Estate, wheresoever situated, of [name and description of deceased] who died at on the day of 18. Scotland. | £ | s. | d. 1. | Cash in the house 2. | Household furniture and other effects in the deceased’s house 3. | Stock in trade and other effects belonging to deceased 4. | Sum in bank; viz., [specify it with interest thereon to date of declaration to Inventory.]* *[Add any other estate in the usual form.]— At , the day of one thousand eight hundred and, [name and address of applicant] (hereinafter referred to “the applicant”) hereby declares, that the said died at upon the day of , and had at the time of his [or her] death his [or her] ordinary or principal domicile in the county of : That the applicant is the [widow or son or daughter of the said deceased , and is desirous to enter upon the possession and management of the deceased’s estate as his [or her] executor: That the applicant does not know of any testamentary settlement or writing relative to the disposal of the deceased’s personal estate or effects, or any part thereof: That the foregoing inventory, signed by the applicant and the said as relative hereto, is a full and complete inventory of the personal estate and effects of the said deceased wheresoever situated and belonging or due to him [or her] beneficially at the time of his [or her] death, in so far as the same has come to the applicant’s knowledge: That the value at this date of the said personal estate and effects, including the proceeds accrued thereon down to this date, does not exceed £36,000 sterling: That confirmation of the said personal estate in Scotland [England and Ireland as the case may be] is required in favour of the applicant. . . .
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