Bequeath - Law Dictionary Search Results
Legacy
a general legacy, but there is a particular fund pointed out to satisfy it, as if a testator bequeath 1,000l. out of his Reduced Bank Three per Cents. And (4) Cumulative, or substitutional, when a testator by
Demonstrative legacy
Demonstrative legacy, means where a testator bequeaths a certain sum of money, or a certain quantity of any other commodity and refers to a particular
Savour
to 'savour of the realty,' and prior to the Mortmain and Charitable Uses Act, 1891, could not be bequeathed to a charity. To partake of the character of or bear affinity to something, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th
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Precatory words
Precatory words, expressions in a will, praying or recommending that a thing be done; e.g., that property bequeathed to a legatee be disposed of by him for the benefit of other persons ,the question then arising
Money land
articled or devised to be sold, and turned into money, is considered as money, and money articled or bequeathed to be invested in land, has, inequity, many of the qualities of real estate, and is descendible and
Legable
Legable [fr. legabilis, Lat.], capable being bequeathed.
Hereditaments
may have to him and his heirs by way of inheritance, and which, if they be not otherwise bequeathed', go to the heir, and not as chattels to the executor or administrator. See Lloyd v. Jones, (1848)
Habitatio
one and entire, the habitatio is a series of rights arising from day to day, so that in bequeathing it you make a separate bequest, in fact, for each day; hence, also, it was not extinguished by
Executory devise
of executory devises, comprising all that relates to chattels, is where a term or any personal estate is bequeathed to one for life, or otherwise, and after the deceased of the devisee or legatee for life, or
remainder
remains or is left ;specif : the property in a decedent's estate that is not otherwise devised or bequeathed [I leave the rest, residue, and of my estate to my son Michael]
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