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Administration of Estates Act 1925 (1925 c 23) | Legislation

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In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, the following expressions have the meanings hereby assigned to them respectively, that is to say:—

(1)

(i)     “Administration†means, with reference to the real and personal estate of a deceased person, letters of administration whether general or limited, or with the will annexed or otherwise:

(ii)     “Administrator†means a person to whom administration is granted:

(iii)     “Conveyance†includes a mortgage, charge by way of legal mortgage, lease, assent, vesting, declaration, vesting instrument, disclaimer, release and every other assurance of property or of an interest therein by any instrument, except a will, and “convey†has a corresponding meaning, and “disposition†includes a “conveyance†also a devise bequest and an appointment of property contained in a will, and “dispose of†has a corresponding meaning:

[(iiiA)     “the County Court limitâ€, in relation to any enactment contained in this Act, means the amount for the time being specified by an Order in Council under section 145 of the County Courts Act 1984 as the county court limit for the purposes of that enactment (or, where no such Order in Council has been made, the corresponding limit specified by Order in Council under section 192 of

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