Delaware Code Title 12 Sec. 2303 – Recording of account; fees; evidence
(a) All accounts and settlements of executors and administrators as the same shall be passed by the Court of Chancery shall be recorded by the Register of Wills of the several counties in uniform books. The Register shall also maintain an alphabetical index of all such settlements and accounts.
Terms Used In Delaware Code Title 12 Sec. 2303
- Court: means the Court of Chancery. See Delaware Code Title 12 Sec. 39A-101
- Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
- Record: means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in perceivable form. See Delaware Code Title 12 Sec. 39A-101
- Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
- State: means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, a federally recognized Indian tribe, or any territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. See Delaware Code Title 12 Sec. 39A-101
(b) The cost of recording and indexing the settlements and accounts shall be paid out of the funds of the estate to which they relate. The Register shall receive for recording and indexing the accounts and settlements the fees provided by this title.
(c) A certified copy of such record of settlement and accounts of executors and administrators shall be received as evidence in the several courts of the State.
Code 1915, § ?3379; Code 1935, § ?3844; 12 Del. C. 1953, § ?2302; 59 Del. Laws, c. 384, § ?1;