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Certified Copy of Will to be sufficient Evidence.
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XXXI. In any Action at Law or Suit in Equity where, according to the existing Law, it would be necessary to produce and prove an original Will or other Testamentary Instrument in order to establish a Devise or other Testamentary Disposition, Probate or Letters of Administration of such Will or other Testamentary Instrument, or a Copy thereof purporting to be certified as a true Copy by some Officer of the Testamentary Court in which the same shall have been lodged, shall be sufficient Evidence of such Will or other Testamentary Instrument and its Contents; provided that the Party intending to produce such Probate, Letters of Administration, or Copy shall have given Seven Days Notice of such his Intention to the opposite Party, and unless the Party receiving such Notice shall, within Three Days thereafter, by a counter Notice, require the Production and Proof of the original Will or other Testamentary Instrument.
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