New Jersey Statutes 3B:3-25. Filing probate record with surrogate of any county
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Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 3B:3-25
- Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
- Estate: means all of the property of a decedent, minor or incapacitated individual, trust or other person whose affairs are subject to this title as the property is originally constituted and as it exists from time to time during administration. See New Jersey Statutes 3B:1-1
- 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.
- person: includes corporations, companies, associations, societies, firms, partnerships and joint stock companies as well as individuals, unless restricted by the context to an individual as distinguished from a corporate entity or specifically restricted to one or some of the above enumerated synonyms and, when used to designate the owner of property which may be the subject of an offense, includes this State, the United States, any other State of the United States as defined infra and any foreign country or government lawfully owning or possessing property within this State. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
- Probate: Proving a will
When a will devising real estate has been duly admitted to probate by the Superior Court, any person interested therein may file with the surrogate of any county a certified copy of the will, the complaint or application for probate, the proofs, the judgment or order for probate and the letters testamentary issued thereon. The surrogate shall thereupon record them which record, or a certified copy thereof, shall be received in evidence in any cause involving the title to real estate in that county as if the will had been originally admitted to probate before the surrogate.
L.1981, c. 405, s. 3B:3-25, eff. May 1, 1982.