# Confirmation of Executors (Scotland) Act 1858, Section 2: Petition to Commissary to be substituted. †Form of petition as in Schedule A.

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

Every person desirous of being decerned executor of a deceased person as disponee, next of kin, creditor, or in any other character whatsoever now competent, or of having some other person, possessed of such character, decerned executor to a deceased person, shall . . . . . . present a petition to the commissary for the appointment of an executor; which petition . . . . . . shall be subscribed by the petitioner or by his agent or by an executry practitioner or a recognised financial institution providing executry services within the meaning of section 23 of the Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions)(Scotland) Act 1990.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/21-22/56/section/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/confirmation-of-executors-scotland-act-1858/section-2
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