Section 281: Verification of petition for probate, by one witness to will
The Succession Act · Federal Acts · Part IX · in_force
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Where the application is for probate, the petition shall also be verified by at least one of the witnesses to the will (when procurable) in the manner or to the effect following, namely: “I (C. D.), one of the witnesses to the last will and testament of the testator mentioned in the above petition, declare that I was present and saw the said testator affix his signature (or mark) thereto (or that the said testator acknowledged the writing annexed to the above petition to be his last will and testament in my presence).”
Related sections
Section 280: Petition for probate, etc, to be signed and verifiedSection 282: Punishment for false averment in petition or declarationSection 279: Addition to statement in petition, etc, for probate or letters of administration in certain casesSection 283: Powers of district judgeSection 278: Petition for letters of administrationSection 284: Caveats against grant of probate or administration
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