Section  7.  (o)  Before  any  register  shall  issue  letters  of  admin-
istration, letters  testamentary,  or  of  administration  with  the  will
annexed,  he  shall  administer  an  oath  or  affirmation  to  the  person
or  persons  receiving  the  same,  in  the  following  form,  viz :  You
do  swear  (or  affirm)  that  as  executor  of  the  last  will  and  testa-
ment (or  as  administrator  of  the  estate)  of  A.  B.,  deceased,  (as
the  case  may  be),  you  will  well  and  truly  administer  the  goods  and
chattels,  rights  and  credits  of  said  deceased,  according  to  law ;
and  also  will  diligently  and  faithfully  regard  and  well  and  truly
comply  with  the  provisions  of  the  law  relating  to  collateral  inherit-
ances.
Note. — ^This  is  Section  14  of  the  Act  of  March  15,  1832,  i  Purd.  107s,

which,  as  the  Commissioners  remarked,  contained  in  the  form  of  oath  the

clause  as  to  collateral  inheritance   required  by   Section  S   of  the  Act  of
April  7,  1826,  P.  L.  227.
See  form  2.
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290  FIDUCIARIES  ACT— Sections  7  (a),  (6)-8  (o)

In  a  dispute  over  the  probate  of  a  will,  the  grant  of  letters  of  adminis-
tration pendente  lite  by  the  register  of  wills  was  held  void  where  on  peti-
tion the  orphans'  court  had  directed  the  register  to  certify  the  record  for
adjudication,  but  prior  to  the  service  of  said  order  an  order  had  been
made  by  the  register  but  the  oath  had  not  been  taken  or  bond  given  until
after  such  service.  The  Fiduciaries  Act  of  1917,  P.  L.  447  requires  that
the  oath  must  be  administered  and  a  bond  given  before  letters  of  adminis-
tration can  issue.
"Jurisdiction  is  in  the  register  to  grant  letters  of  administration  gen-
erally, including  letters  pendente  lite  under  special  circumstances  and  the
proceeding  is  well  defined.
