It consisted of the judge advocate, and two inhabitants chosen by the governor: it was empowered to decide in a summary manner all pleas in relation to property and contracts, and it granted probates of wills.
"The History of Tasmania, Volume I (of 2)"
John West
In England this policy has been neglected, in taxing the probates of wills, in the legacy duty, and in all taxes affecting the transference of property from the dead to the living.
"On The Principles of Political Economy, and Taxation"
David Ricardo