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Revocation of Will. There are four modes in which a will can be revoked, viz.: (1) by another will or express declaration in, or by intention to be inferred from another properly executed testamentary instrument; (2) by burning or other act done animo revocandi; (3) by the disposition of the property by the testator in his lifetime; (4) by marriage, except in certain cases of testamentary appointment. By the first and third of these modes, the will may be revoked either entirely or partially; by the second and last, the revocation will be total, unless under the provisions of the (English) Law of Property Act, 1925, s. 177, the will has been made in contemplation of a particular marriage, Sallis v. Jones, 1936 P. 43.