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Attestation and attesting witness
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Attesting witness
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attest
attest [Latin attestari, from ad to + testari to call to witness, from testis witness] vt : to bear
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attestation clause
attestation clause : a clause at the end of a will in which the witnesses state that the will … attestation clause : a clause at the end of a will in which the witnesses state that the will was signed and witnessed with all the formalities required by law and which often
Wills
debts), shall be thereby given or made, such devise, etc., shall, so far only as concerns such persons attesting the execution of such will, or the wife or husband of such person, or any person claiming under … of Frauds, 1677, by s. 5 required wills of land to be in writing signed by three credible witnesses, and ss. 19-24 required nuncupative wills, where the estate be-queathed should exceed 30l., to be proved by three
Attestation
c. 18), s. 7 (applicable both to civil and criminal cases), renders it unnecessary to prove by the attesting witness any instrument to the validity of which attestation is not requisite, and such instrument may now be proved … requisite, and such instrument may now be proved by admission, or otherwise, as if there had been no attesting witness. Wills and codicils (1 Vict. c. 26), warrants of attorney and cognovits (1 & 2 Vict. c. 110),
Execution of Wills
testator in the presence of two or more witnesses present at the same time, and such witnesses shall attest and shall subscribe the will in the presence of the testator, but no form of attestation clause shall … and such signature shall be made or acknowledged by the testator in the presence of two or more witnesses present at the same time, and such witnesses shall attest and shall subscribe the will in the presence
witness
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Attestation Clause
15 Vict. c. 24, in reference to the execution, were in fact complied with.' A legacy to an attesting witness or the husband or wife of such is void, but a will containing such a legacy is otherwise
Bond
if a specified act is performed, or is not performed, as the case may be; (b) any instrument attested by a witness and not payable to order or bearer, whereby a person obliges himself to pay money
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