How Probate Works

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Excerpt from The Probate Law and Practice of the State of Ohio: Being a Complete and Systematic Treatise on the Law Relating to Descent, Distribution of Property, Real and Personal, Successions, Both Testate and Intestate, Dower, Together With the Powers and Duties of Executors, Administrators, Guardians and Trustees Nearly twenty years ago the writer became especially interested in the subject of probate law. For six years he was in the service of one of the probate courts in this state, and during a later period for a num ber of years has instructed law classes in this subject. This has resulted in the collection of considerable material, which, believing it to be of value to the Ohio bar, he sets forth in this volume. This work is a treatise on the probate law of the state. It con siders exhaustively that branch of the law which relates to the settle ment and administration of estates. Besides the treatment of probate law and practice and kindred subjects, the law of descent and distribution and dower has been fully discussed and completely systematized and arranged. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.