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The Law Reports (Probate, Divorce and Admiralty Division)

[1951] P 54

[PROBATE DIVORCE & ADMIRALTY DIVISION]

KNOWLES v. ATTORNEY-GENERAL.

1950 Apl. 28;
May 1, 2, 3.

Willmer J.

Legitimacy — Petition — Jurisdiction — “Parent or remoter ancestor” — Construction — Whether uncle included — Supreme Court of Judicature (Consolidation) Act, 1925 (15 & 16 Geo. 5, c. 49), s. 188 — Legitimacy Act, 1926 (16 & 17 Geo. 5, c. 60), s. 1; s. 2, sub-s. 1 — R. S. C. Ord. 25, r. 5.

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