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                    [0] => This series contains case files for probates issued by the Wellington Supreme/High Court.
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            [id] => 6030
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            [name] => Wellington probate files [second sequence]
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                    [custom5] => Single probate papers numbered 1 to 22,082, individually ribbon bound.
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            [history] => 
The High Court of New Zealand has had sole jurisdiction over probate since its inception in 1841.
Probate files contained all the legal information required for the granting of probate on a will - so usually included a copy of the deceased person's will. Not everyone who made a will had a probate file. If a person died without making a will, then there might be a file of Letters of Administration, containing the legal documentation required to administer the deceased person's estate. A person’s will was usually probated through the High Court nearest to where they were living before their death. A person might be registered more than once.
Probates were first registered in a sequence of running numbers, from 1 in 1843 to 66,940 in December 1939 (series 6029). This series uses the same system of classification, from 1 in January 1940 to 22,082 in December 1946. From January 1947, the probates were given an annual single number system of classification (series 6031).
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