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'File 18/56 I (B 70) The Trucial Coast Order in Council; File 18/51 I (B 70) The Ottoman Order in Council, 1910; File 18/131 I (B 70)The Foreign Jurisdiction (Military Forces) Order in Council, 1927' [94v] (203/250)
The record is made up of 1 volume (122 folios). It was created in 6 Nov 1910-7 Dec 1943. It was written in English and Arabic. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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112. It any person named executor in a will takes possession of and administers or
otherwise deals with any part of the property of the deceased, and does not obtain probate
within one month after the death or after the termination of any proceedings respecting
probate or administration, he shall be liable to pay double the amount of any fees charge
able on obtaining probate, and he shall also be liable to a fine not exceeding one hundred
pounds.
113. If any person, other than the person named executor or an administrator or an
officer of the Court, taKes possession of and administers or otherwise deals with any part
of the personal property of a deceased British subject, whether resident or not, he shall be
deemed guilty of a contempt of Court, and shall be liable to a fine not exceeding fifty
pounds.
114. Where a person appointed executor in a will survives the testator, but either dies
without having taken probate or, having been called on by the Court to take probate, does
not appear, his right in respect of the executorship wholly ceases ; and, without further re
nunciation, the representation to the testator and the administration of his property shall
go and may be committed as if that person had not been appointed executor.
US.—(1) Where a British subject dies in the Ottoman dominions, any other such
subject having in his possession, or under his control, any paper or writing of the
deceased, being, or purporting to be, testamentary, shall forthwith bring the original to the
Court within whose particular jurisdiction the death happens and deposit it there.
If any person fails to do so for fourteen days after having knowledge of the
death of the deceased, he shall be guilty of an offence, and liable to a fine not exceeding
fifty pounds.
(2) Where it is proved that any paper of the deceased, being or purporting to be
testamentary, is in the possession or under the control of a British subject, the Court
may, whether a suit or proceeding respecting probate or administration is pending or not,
order him to produce the paper and bring it into Court.
(3) Where it appears to the Court that there are reasonable grounds for believing that
any person has knowledge of any paper being or purporting to be testamentary (although
it is not shown that the paper is in his possession or under his control), the Court ma),
whether a suit or proceeding for probate or administration is pending or not, order
that he be examined respecting it before the Court or elsewhere, and that he do attend
for that purpose, and after examination order that he do produce the paper and deposit
it in Court.
116. Where it appears to the Court that the value of the property or estate of a
deceased person does not exceed one hundred pounds, the Court may, without any
probate or letters of administration, or other formal proceeding, pay thereout any debts
or charges, and pay, remit, or deliver" any surplus to such persons, subject to such
conditions (if any) as the Court thinks proper, and shall not be liable to any action, suit,
or proceedings in respect of anything done under this Article. Every proceeding of the
Court under this Article shall be recorded in the Minutes.
117. The Foreign Jurisdiction Probates
Order in Council
A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council.
, 1908, shall apply to all
persons and to all property subject to this Order.
118. Section 51 of the Conveyancing (Scotland) Act, 1874, and any enactment for
the time being in force amending or substituted for the same, are hereby extended to the
Ottoman dominions, with the adaptation following, namely :—
The Supreme Court is hereby substituted for a Court of Probate in a Colony.
Miscellaneous.
119. No action shall be brought for the protection of any copyright, trade-mark,
patent, or design by any person who is not a British subject, unless either (^) an
arrangement is in force between His Majesty's Government and the Government of the
State or Power to which the plaintiff belongs, or [h) the Court is satisfied that effectual
provision exists for the protection in Consular or other Courts in the Ottoman dominions
of the rights and interests of British subjects in copyrights, trade-marks, patents, and
designs infringed by the subjects of such State or Power.
Where such an arrangement is in force, the Ambassador, or, so far as relates to
Egypt, the Agent for Egypt, may issue a Notification to that effect, and the Court shall
take judicial notice thereof.
120. Any person desirous of levying a distress for rent may apply to the Court to
appoint a bailiff to levy such distress, and the Court may thereupon, and upon the appli
cant giving sufficient security to answer for any misconduct on the part of such bailiff,
appoint a person to act as bailiff to levy such distress.
121. In Egypt the Court may execute process against any British subject to the
like extent and in like manner as any Court established in that country with His Majesty s
concurrence.
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The volume consists of three files, which have been brought together to form a single volume. The first file ('File 18/56 I, Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. Order in Council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. ') runs mostly from May 1911 - July 1912, then contains three documents and two pages of file notes dated December 1943 - January 1944. The file consists of papers relating to the judicial powers that could be exercised by the British on the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. in the light of various incidents dating back to 1909 (including two documents in Arabic), draft order in council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. , and associated papers, May 1911-July 1912; and papers relating to a request by the British Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. to the Government of India to forward a copy of Government of India, Foreign Department Notification No 202-E.P. of 6 October 1881 relating to the judicial powers of officers of the British Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , December 1943 - January 1944.
The second file ('File 18/51 I The Ottoman Order in Council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. ') includes printed correspondence relating to British extra-territorial jurisdiction in Turkey in the light of the arrest of certain British Indian subjects at Basra,1910; a copy of the Ottoman Order in Council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. , dated 1910; and associated correspondence including records of the order's forwarding to and display in various British agencies and consulates in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. region by the British Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. and Consulate General, Bushire, dated March - August 1911.
The third file ('File 18/131 I The Foreign Jurisdiction (Military Forces) Order in Council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. ) includes two copies of the relevant Order in Council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. , dated April 1927, and associated correspondence of the British Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. and Consulate General, Bushire relating to the order's forwarding to and display in various British agencies and consulates in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. region, dated May-July 1927.
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- 1 volume (122 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are divided between each of the original three files that make up the volume and are arranged within each file in chronological order running from the front toward the back of the volume. The second file begins on f. 78; the third file begins on f.103.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation system in use starts on the first page of the volume and continues to the end of the volume. The foliation appears in pencil in a sequence of circled numbers in the top right hand corner of each folio. The following foliation anomalies occur: folio 1 is followed by folios 1A and 1B; folio 77 is followed by 77A and 77B; folio 102 is followed by 102A and 102B; instead of folio 107 there appear folios 107A and 107B. A second foliation sequence of uncircled numbers starts at 1 on folio 3, then reverts again to 1 on folio 33 and continues to folio 76. Additional uncircled pagination starts at 1 on folio 83 and continues to folio 99.
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 1r:1v, 1ar:1bv, 2r:77v, 77ar:77bv, 78r:102v, 102ar:102cv, 103r:106v, 107ar:107bv, 108r:113v, back-i
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