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Bequeathal

The act of bequeathing bequeathment bequest

Bequeathment

The act of bequeathing or the state of being bequeathed a bequest

Mortuary

minister of a parish on the death of a parishioner It seems to have been originally a voluntary bequest or donation intended to make amends for any failure in the payment of tithes of which the deceased

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Assent of personal representatives

the executor, virtute officii. The property passed to the legatee as soon as the executors assented to the bequest. The transfer was made not by the mere force of the assent but by virtue of the will,

ademption

to the recipient named in the will compare advancement NOTE: Only gifts that are characterized as specific devises, bequests, or legacies are subject to ademption.

Condition

A peculiarity of conditions precedent is that an illegal or impossible condition will, as a rule and excepting bequests of personalty (Williams on Executors), avoid the obligation which has been entered into, or the estate which has

Cy-pres

a mixed fund. See Re Harwood, Coleman v. Innes, 1936 Ch 285. It is also applied to charitable bequests, and was formerly pushed to a most extra-vagant length. But this sensible distinction now prevails, that the court

Institutions

and not invalidated, may be carried into execution, which is done by the heir accepting the succession. Fiduciary Bequests are treated of in Titles XXIII. and XXIV. Testamentary Successions, which take place before others, are explained in

Money

was adopted by Darling, J., as a definition in Moss v. Hancock, (1899) 2 QB 111 (116). In bequests: '' Money in the strict sense ' means, as I understand, ' money actually in hand as cash

Money Bill

was adopted by Darling, J., as a definition in Moss v. Hancock, (1899) 2 QB 111 (116). In bequests: '' Money in the strict sense ' means, as I understand, ' money actually in hand as cash

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