The office and duty of executors; or, a treatise directing testators to form, and executors to perform their wills and testaments according to law. What a Man may give or dispose of by his Will; of Revocations and new Publications of Wills. Of the State of Things upon the Testators Death; what may be done by an Executor, &c. Of proving Wills, and of the Fees payable for the Probates. What Things shall come to Executors by or after the Testators Death. Cases between Heir and Executor; and of Suits by or against them; and of the Method of Payment of the Testator's Debts. Of Devastavit or Wasting; and of an executor in his own wrong. Of married Women and Infant Executors; of Legacies; of Executors of Executors; of Administrators. Originally compiled by that Approved and Judicious Author Thomas Wentworth of Lincoln's Inn, Esq; To which is added, the supplement of H. Curson, Gent. many Hundred References, by a Barrister of Grey's Inn; and since revised and brought down to the present Time,

People / Organizations

• Thomas Wentworth (Author)

Imprint

London: printed by W. Strahan and M. Woodfall, Law Printers to the King's Most Excellent Majesty. For, T. Waller, W. Strahan, P. Uriel, B. Tovey, and W. Flexney, MDCCLXXIV. [1774]

Publication year

1774-1774

ESTC No.

T112871

Grub Street ID

164825

Description

[16],261,[13],222,[48]p. ; 8⁰

Note

The supplement is separately paginated.

Each part is followed by a table of contents.

Originally published anonymously, sometimes attributed to Sir John Doddridge (cf. DNB).