Rhode Island General Laws 33-7-17. Certification of decree and compromise
If the probate of the will in a case is pending on appeal in the superior court, the court may prove and allow the will, and the clerk of court shall certify and transmit for record copies of the decree admitting the will to probate, and copies of the compromise and the decree of the court approving the compromise, to the clerk of the court appealed from; and if the probate of the will is pending in the probate court, the clerk of the superior court shall certify and transmit for record to the clerk of the probate court copies of the compromise and the decree approving the compromise; and thereupon the probate court may admit the will to probate. The estate of the deceased person shall be administered and disposed of according to the provisions of the will as modified by the compromise.
History of Section.
C.P.A. 1905, § 837; G.L. 1909, ch. 312, § 23; G.L. 1923, ch. 363, § 23; G.L. 1938, ch. 575, § 21; G.L. 1956, § 33-7-17.
Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws 33-7-17
- Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
- Clerk of court: An officer appointed by the court to work with the chief judge in overseeing the court's administration, especially to assist in managing the flow of cases through the court and to maintain court records.
- person: may be construed to extend to and include co-partnerships and bodies corporate and politic. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-6
- Probate: Proving a will