Hand Book of Practice in the Probate Courts of the State of Maine

Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. The following work has been prepared, at the solicitation of many judges and registers of probate, and members of the bar for the purpose of aiding those officially connected with the pro bate courts of our state, and members of the legal profession and others having business therein, in the practical performance of their duties. It is not designed as a treatise on the principles of probate law, but as a hand-book of practice, which shall contain full forms and directions of procedure. The proceedings of the probate courts being regulated by municipal law, and not by the principles of the common law, the statutes must necessarily be the basis of the present work. The substance of so much thereof, together with such of the decisions of the courts of our state, as relate to the probate courts, will be embodied in the following pages, with marginal references to the same, divided into chapters, and arranged in the order in which the subjects treated of naturally arise in the settlement of es tates.

The following work has been prepared, at the solicitation of many judges and registers of probate, and members of the bar for the purpose of aiding those officially connected with the pro bate courts of our state, and members of the legal profession and others having business therein, in the practical performance of their duties. It is not designed as a treatise on the principles of probate law, but as a hand-book of practice, which shall contain full forms and directions of procedure. The proceedings of the probate courts being regulated by municipal law, and not by the principles of the common law, the statutes must necessarily be the basis of the present work. The substance of so much thereof, together with such of the decisions of the courts of our state, as relate to the probate courts, will be embodied in the following pages, with marginal references to the same, divided into chapters, and arranged in the order in which the subjects treated of naturally arise in the settlement of es tates.