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CHAPTER 51-GENERAL PROVISIONS

901. Passage of title to decedent's property; possession; charges..

902. Jurisdiction and venue___.

903. Conclusiveness of order granting letters.. 904. Disqualification of judge for interest, etc..

CHAPTER 53-PROBATE OF WILLS

SUBCHAPTER I-GENERAL PROVISIONS

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931. Custodian to deliver will to court or executor; consequences of failure..
932. Enforcing production of wills and attendance of witnesses_
933. Persons who may petition for probate...

934. Executor's renouncement of right to letters by failure to petition.........

936. Essential contents of petition for probate; defects.

935. Proof of nuncupative will; limitations; time for reduction to writing; notice; subsequent proceedings__

937. Notice of hearing; publication...

938. Notice to heirs and other interested parties.

939. Hearing proof of will and proof of service of notice

940. Probate of wills not contested....

941. Probate of will detained outside Canal Zone.

942. Holographic wills.....

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943. Record of clerk upon admission to probate_

SUBCHAPTER II-LOST OR DESTROYED WILLS

961. Duty of court as to proof; notice; reduction of testimony to writing.___ 962. Requisites of proof; fraud or public calamity; mentally incompetent

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963. Certification, recordation, and grant of letters..

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964. Restraining executor or administrator previously appointed pending petition...

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SUBCHAPTER III-FOREIGN WILLS

981. Allowance and recordation of foreign will; place..

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1032. Trial; parties; issues triable by jury; waiver of jury.

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1037. Filing and recording will and certificate of proof..

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1066. Conclusiveness of probate; limitations; infants and persons of unsound mind..........

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1067. Failure to contest as not precluding probate of another will

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CHAPTER 57-EXECUTORS AND ADMINISTRATORS;
APPOINTMENT; REMOVAL; SUSPENSIONS

SUBCHAPTER I-APPOINTMENT OF EXECUTORS AND ADMINISTRATORS
WITH THE WILL ANNEXED

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1105. Absentee or minor named executor; interim appointment.

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1106. Executor of an executor; letters with will annexed..

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1107. Objections to letters testamentary; petition for letters with will annexed; issuance of letters____

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1108. Failure to appoint all named executors.

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1109. Powers before grant of letters...

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1110. Priority of appointment of administrators with will annexed..
1111. Authority of administrators with will annexed; discretionary power__

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SUBCHAPTER II-APPOINTMENT OF ADMINISTRATORS

1131. Competency to serve as administrator; marriage..
1132. Persons entitled to letters; order of priority..
1133. Surviving partner...

1134. Relatives of whole blood as preferred...

1135. Persons equally entitled to letters; creditors. -
1136. Minors and incompetents; discretion of court.
1137. Failure of persons having priority to claim letters.
1138. Letters to persons other than those entitled..
1139. Trust companies as administrators____

SUBCHAPTER III-PETITION FOR LETTERS; CONTESTS

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1161. Form and contents of petition; filing; defects..
1162. When letters of administration may be granted.
1163. Setting petition for hearing; notice..
1164. Contesting application_-_-

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1205. Powers and duties when appointed pending will contest or other

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1206. Payment of secured charges on property.

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1207. Effect of grant of letters testamentary or of administration___ 1208. Verified account; commissions and allowances; attorneys' fees.. 1209. Division of commissions and allowances, and of attorneys' fees......1210. Attorney's fees for extraordinary services__

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SUBCHAPTER V-FORM OF LETTERS

1231. Signature of clerk; seal of court__

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1232. Form of letters testamentary.

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1233. Form of letters of administration with the will annexed.
1234. Form of letters of administration, or of special administration__

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1253. Assertion of prior right by surviving spouse or certain relatives. 1254. Court's discretion to refuse letters__

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CHAPTER 63—INVENTORY, APPRAISEMENT, AND
COLLECTION OF PROPERTY

SUBCHAPTER I-INVENTORY, APPRAISEMENT, AND POSSESSION

1461. Time for returning; contents.

OF ESTATE

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1462. Testator's claims against executor; inclusion in inventory_ 1463. Same; bequest to executor; nature and effect..

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1464. Oath to inventory..

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1465. Appointment of appraisers; incompetency of certain persons.
1466. Oath of appraisers; appraisement procedure. -
1467. Compensation of appraisers; verified account.
1468. Failure to return inventory.

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1491. Double liability for embezzling property

SUBCHAPTER II-EMBEZZLEMENT AND SURRENDER OF PROPERTY

1492. Citation and examination of suspected embezzler, etc., expenses.. 1493. Enforcement of examination of suspected embezzler, etc.; compelling

disclosure; interrogatories; witnesses..

1494. Requiring persons intrusted with estate to account..

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CHAPTER 65-DISPOSITION OF ESTATES WITHOUT

ADMINISTRATION

SUBCHAPTER I-TRANSFER OF PERSONAL PROPERTY NOT
EXCEEDING CERTAIN AMOUNTS

1521. Personal property not exceeding $100; summary probate; affidavit of right...

1522. Surviving spouse's right to $500 from bank deposits; affidavit.. 1523. Affidavit of right; effect of receipt.

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SUBCHAPTER II-SETTING ASIDE ESTATES NOT EXCEEDING

$3,000 IN VALUE

1524. Same; claim against estate in probate; procedure.

1541. Authority to set aside estate..

1542. Petition to set aside estate; allegations; time; verification; contents.. 1543. Statement in notice, if allegations included in petition for probate or

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1544. Fixing time of hearing; notice; proceedings under separate petition.. 1545. Decree of assignment; title; restriction on right---

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1546. Denying assignment and acting on petition for probate or letters--

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CHAPTER 67-SUPPORT OF THE FAMILY

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1581. Possession of certain property pending inventory; support allowance_ 1582. Setting apart property exempt from execution..

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1621. Notice to creditors; effect of death, etc., of executor or administrator; time for filing claims..

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1622. Removal for neglecting to give notice.

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1623. Filing copy of notice; affidavit; decree.

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1624. Executor's or administrator's claim; presentation; allowance or rejection; action...

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