Rule 2 of The Probate and Administration Rules: Interpretation

In these Rules, except where the context otherwise requires— "applicant" means a person who is applying or has applied for a grant or other relief under the Act or these Rules; "authenticated copy" of a document means a copy of the document which is printed, type-written or produced in a permanent form by a photographic process and which bears at foot a certificate in Form 29 signed and dated by a judge, magistrate, the registrar or a deputy registrar of the High Court, the registrarGeneral or a deputy or assistant registrar-general; "authorized agent" means an agent authorized by his principal in writing; "caveator" has the meaning assigned to it by rule 15(2); "certified copy" has the same meaning as "authenticated copy" save that the certificate may alternatively be signed by an advocate; "child" has the meaning assigned to it by section 3(2) of the Act; "citor" means the person seeking the issue of a citation under Part VI; "court" means a judge of the High Court or a resident magistrate;
"district registrar" means a deputy registrar of the High Court and also an executive officer of the Resident Magistrate’s Court or other official for the time being appointed by the Chief Justice to have charge of the administration of a High Court district registry or a resident magistrate’s registry; "district registry" means a registry other than the principal registry; "Form" means the appropriate form set out in the First Schedule; "grant" means a grant of representation, whether a grant of probate or of letters of administration with or without a will annexed, to the estate of a deceased person; "High Court district registry" means a registry of the High Court other than the principal registry; "letters of administration" means letters of administration intestate or with the will annexed; "Mombasa registry" means the probate registry of the High Court at Mombasa; "objector" means a person who has lodged an objection under rule 17 to the issue of a grant; "personal applicant" means an applicant (not being a trust corporation or the Public Trustee) who has applied for a grant otherwise than through an advocate; "personal representative" means a person to whom a grant of representation has been made and is still subsisting;
"prescribed fee" means the appropriate fee prescribed in the Third Schedule; "principal registry" means the principal probate registry of the High Court at Nairobi; "protester" means a person who has filed a protest under rule 40(6) against the confirmation of a grant; "registrar" means the registrar of the High Court (who shall be the registrar of the principal registry and is herein referred to as the principal registrar) or a district registrar; "registry" means a probate registry of the High Court or of the Resident Magistrate’s Court and includes the principal registry; "resident magistrate’s registry" means a district registry for the time being attached to the Resident Magistrate’s Court; "signed" in relation to a will includes the affixing of a mark or thumbprint; "will" includes a codicil; "written will" means a will the entire of which is written, and does not include any oral instructions or observations given or made by the testator or any person by his direction prior to or at the time of execution of the will.