Sample of Letter of Application

(Sample Letter of Application)

From.........................................                                                           Date.................... 20......

To:

The Probate Registrar,

Probate Registry,

High Court of Lagos State.

Sir,

IN THE ESTATE OF ..................................................................................... (DECEASED).

We hereby make application for a grant of the Will of ................................... late of ......................... (address of deceased) occupation .................................. who died at ................................... on the...................... day of ......................... 20.............

We are the.................................................. executors of the .......................................... deceased.

Sample Oath by Executor

(Sample Oath by Executor)

IN THE HIGH COURT OF LAGOS STATE

(PROBATE REGISTRY)

IN THE MATTER OF ...................................................................................... (Deceased)

I ........................................................ of ....................... make Oath and say:

That I believe the paper writing hereto annexed and marked by ........................ to contain the true and original last Will of ............................... late of ......................................(address of deceased), and that ............................ the executor therein named , and that ................................. I will faithfully administer the real and personal property of the testator by paying his/her just dents and the legacies given by his Will so far as his real and personal property shall extend and the law binds me.

Sample of Inventory Form

Sample of Inventory Form

IN THE HIGH COURT OF LAGOS STATE

(PROBATE REGISTRY)

INVENTORY

In the name of ........................................................................................... (Deceased) (Otherwise.......................................................................................).

A true declaration of all the personal property of .......................................... late of ............................... (address of deceased) who died on the ..................... day of ......................... 20 ....... at ................................................

Sample of Form for Schedule of Debts and Funeral Expenses

Sample of Form for Schedule of Debts and Funeral Expenses)

 IN THE HIGH COURT OF LAGOS STATE (PROBATE REGISTRY) PART I SCHEDULE OF DEBTS In the Estate of ........................................................................................... (Deceased) Who died on the ......................... day of ......................................... 20 ........ SCHEDULE OF DEBTS DUE BY THE DECEASED N K Name and Address of creditor’s particulars PART II SCHEDULE OF FUNERAL EXPENSES 1. ............................................................................................... 2. ............................................................................................... 3. ............................................................................................... 4. ...............................................................................................
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Sample of Affidavit of Witness of Handwriting of Deceased

Sample of Affidavit of Witness of Handwriting of Deceased

IN THE HIGH COURT OF LAGOS STATE

(PROBATE REGISTRY)

AFFIDAVIT OF WITNESS ATTESTING TO HANDWRITING OF DECEASED

In the matter of ............................................................................................. (Deceased)

I, ................................................... of ....................................... make Oath and say:

That I know and was well acquainted with ........................................... late of ..................................... (address of deceased), who died on the ..................................... day of ................................ 20............. at ................................... for many years before (and down to) his death, and that during that time, I have frequently seen him write and sign his name, whereby I have become well-acquainted with his handwriting and signature and having now, with care and attention inspected the paper hereto annexed, purporting to be the last Will of the said ......................... beginning thus ................................ ending thus ........................... I say that I believe (the whole body and contents of the said Will, together with the signature of ........................ thereto, to be of the handwriting of the said ................................................. deceased.

           

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                    Deponent

Sworn to at the High Court Registry, Lagos.

Dated this ............. Day of ............... 20.....

BEFORE ME

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COMMISSIONER FOR OATHS

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