Thanks, Andrew.
I guess my problem lies in being not familiar with the concrete documents involved in the probate and administration proceeding.
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Legal title of property passes automatically to an executor or administrator in the conceptual sense only as there is no need to deed the title in their names.
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your saying “register the title in the their own name in their capacity as PR (usually unnecessary”, should refer to the “transmission” process as applicable in both Canada and New Zealand which appears like “Jason Tian as executor/administrator”; apparently, not every common law country follows the same suit of “transmission”.
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when selling the estate property to a buyer, the executor or administration simply act on the strength of the Grant of Probate and signs the sale contract in the capacity as PR.
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the word “vesting” here does not really mean “registration” but “actual control and management” to the exclusion of others.
I believe my understanding above should be in line with the orthodox views. Thanks.
Jason Tian
Shanghai Landing Law Office