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Finding records of probate for 1899 Will in Jamaica?

QUESTION: Dear Legal Wiz, My great grand father left a will in 1899 thereabouts, which my brothers and I think a probate was done for. We just want to know if the probate was done as the document we have in our possession says Resident Magistrate Court. Can you guide us on how to check if there was a probate? Ezra Brown RESPONSE: Dear Ezra, Up till recently many persons preferred to apply for probate in the Resident Magistrate court. In order to check for a probate however, especially as…

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Jamaica eviction notice form as at November 1, 2014

In Jamaica, when considering to terminate occupancy of your premises, one needs to serve a notice upon the occupant. To ‘serve a notice’ means that a notice to quit is written up and given to the occupant you want to leave/ quit the premises. Below is the notice to quit/ eviction notice form you can use is available for you to download and use. You must fill in two such notice forms. Therefore two forms appear on one sheet below – after you have filled them both in, please cut…

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Errands in and around Jamaica by local Jamaicans

More Jamaicans are offering services to assist Diaspora members in accomplishing simple tasks around Jamaica, regardless of where they reside overseas. The latest company operates mangoerrands.com. Our A-team here on www.antheamcgibbon.com serves you more than just errands. The team member are qualified and experienced in a variety of fields such as legal, investigation, research, search. We are not about filling in forms only. We never need to pretend we are attorneys because e have attorneys who work with us at reasonable fees. We do not take work from agents abroad,we…

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Mormons finally spill on their garments

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Mormon church is addressing the mystery that has long surrounded undergarments worn by its faithful with a new video explaining the practice in-depth while admonishing ridicule from outsiders about what it considers a symbol of Latter-day Saints’ devotion to God. The four-minute video on The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints’ website compares the white, two-piece cotton “temple garments” to holy vestments worn in other religious faiths such as a Catholic nun’s habit or a Muslim skullcap. The footage is part of a…

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