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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/administration-of-estates-act-northern-ireland-1955/section-3",
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  "legislation": "apni/1955/24",
  "legislation_title": "Administration of Estates Act (Northern Ireland) 1955",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/administration-of-estates-act-northern-ireland-1955",
  "path": "section/3",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Vesting of estate before grant of administration.",
  "text": "All the estate, real as well as personal, of an intestate shall, until administration is granted in respect thereof, vest in the Probate Judge in the same manner and to the same extent as the personal estate of an intestate would, apart from this Act, have vested in such Judge.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "type": "F",
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      "text": "mod. 1994 c. 36"
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/apni/1955/24/section/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T21:33:26.086083+00:00"
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}