Common Form
Defined in 4 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910), Black's (1891)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
Proof of a will in "common form," according to the English pracproving it by attesting witnesses without citing or giving notice to the parties interested. 247 lU. 256; 122 II). 563.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A will is said to be proved in common form when the executor proves it on his own oath: as distinguished from "proof by witnesses," which is necessary when the paper propounded as a will 1b dispnted. Hubbard v. Hubbard, 7 Or. 42; Richardson v. Green. 61 Fed. 423, 9 C. C. A. 565; In re Straub. 49 N. J. Eq. 264, 24 Atl. 569; Sutton v. Hancock, il8 Ga. 486, 45 S. E. 504.
Defined under Common in Black's Law Dictionary.
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
A will is said te F be proved in common form when the executor proves it on his own oath; as distinguished from “proof by witnesses,” which is necessary when the paper propounded as a will ig disputed.