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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/intestates-widows-and-children-scotland-act-1875/section-4",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/Vict/38-39/41",
  "legislation_title": "Intestates Widows and Children (Scotland) Act 1875",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/intestates-widows-and-children-scotland-act-1875",
  "path": "section/4",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Proof of identity and relationship may be required.",
  "text": "The commissary clerk of the county may require such proof as he may think sufficient to establish the identity and relationship of the applicant.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/38-39/41/section/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:48:30.339726+00:00"
  },
  "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."
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