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Codicil [fr. codicillus, Lat., a little book, tablet, or writing], a supplement to a will, containing anything which the testator wishes to add, or any explanation or revocation of what the will contains. It must be executed with the same formalities as a will under the (English) Wills Act, 1837 (1 Vict. c. 26), by s. 1 of which the term 'will' extends to a codicil, and must be proved with the will.Means an instrument made in relation to a Will, and explaining, altering or adding to its dispositions, and shall be deemed to form part of the Will. [Indian Succession Act, 1925 (39 of 1925), s. 2 (b)]...
codicil
codicil [Latin codicillus, literally, writing tablet, diminutive of codic- codex book see code ] : a formally executed document made after a will that adds to, subtracts from, or changes the will see also republish ...
Republication of Wills
Republication of Wills, a second publication after cancelling or revoking.The Wills Act, 1837 (7 Wm. 4 & 1 Vict. c. 26), provides in s. 22 as follows:-No will or codicil, or any part thereof, which shall be in any manner revoked, shall be revived otherwise than by the re-execution thereof, or by a codicil executed in manner hereinbefore required, and showing an intention to revive the same; and when any will or codicil which shall be partly revoked and afterwards wholly revoked, shall be revived, such revival shall not extend to so much thereof as shall have been revoked before the revocation of the whole thereof, unless an intention to the contrary be shown.Every will re-executed, or republished, or revived by any codicil, shall for the purposes of the Wills Act be deemed to have been made at the time at which the same shall be so re-executed, republished, or revived (s. 34).Every will re-executed, or republished, or revived by any codicil, shall for the purposes of the Wills Act be d...
Wills
Wills. A will is the valid disposition by a living person, to take effect after his death, of his disposable property. ''But in law ultima voluntas in scriptis is used, where lands or tenements are devised, and testamentum, when it concerneth chattels': Co. Litt. 111 a.Depository of Will of Living Person.-By the (English) Jud. Act, 1925, s. 172, replacing s. 91 of the Court of Probate Act, 1857:-There shall, under the control and direction of the High Court, be provided safe and convenient depositories for the custody of the wills of living persons, and any person may deposit his will therein.And see (English) Administration of Justice Act, 1928 (18 & 19 Geo. 5, c. 26), s. 11, as to deposit of wills under control of the High Court.Law before 1838.-The right of testamentary aliena-tion of lands is a matter depending on Act of Parliament. Before 32 Hen. 8, c. 1, a will could not be made of land, and before the Statute of Frauds a will (see NUNCUPATIVE WILL) could be made by word of mouth...
Park
Park [fr. parcus, Lat., fr. parco, to spare], a place of privilege for wild beasts of venery, and other wild beasts of the forest and chase; who are to have a firm place and protection there, so that no man may hurt or chase them without licence of the owner. A park differs from a forest, in that, as Compton observes, a subject may hold a park by prescription or royal grant. It differs from a chase because a park must be enclosed; if it lie open, it is a good cause of seizing it into the sovereign's hands, as a free chase may be if it lie enclosed. To a park three things are required-1st, a grant thereof; 2nd, enclosure by pale, wall, or hedge; 3rd, beasts of a park, such as buck, does, etc.; see Sir Charles Howard's case, 1626 Cro Car 59; Pease v. Courtney, (1904) 2 Ch 509. The word 'park,' as used in the (English) Settled Land Acts, is not confined to an ancient legal park but includes an ordinary private park (Pease v. Courtney).Royal Parks.-As to the management of the royal parks s...
Will
Will, means the legal declaration of the intention of a testator with respect to his property which he desires to be carried into effect after his death. [Indian Succession Act, 1925 (39 of 1925), s. 2 (h)]The definition of 'will' in s. 2 (h) of the Indian Succession Act 1925, would show that it is the legal declaration of the intention of a testator with respect to his property which he desires to be carried into effect after his death, Mahalinga Thambiran Swamiga v. His Holiness Sri La Sri Kasivasi Arulnandi Thambiran Swamigal, AIR 1974 SC 199 (203): (1974) 1 SCC 150: (1974) 2 SCR 74.Will is a translation of the Latin word 'voluntas', which was a term used in the text of Roman law to express the intention of a testator. It is of significance that the abstract term has come to mean that document in which the intention is contained. The same has been the case with several other English law terms, the concrete has superseded the abstract - obligation, bond, contract, are examples (Willi...
Throughout
Throughout, means where a codicil revokes the appointment of an executor and substitutes another person in his stead and goes on to declare that the Will shall be construed as though the name of such other person had throughout the Will been used instead of that of the person whose executorship was revoked, that generally will not revoke personal benefits given by the Will to the person whose executorship is revoked, Freeman (in re:), (1910) 1 Ch. 681....
Testamentary disposition
Testamentary disposition, the testamentary disposi-tion, would mean disposition of the property which would take effect after the death, instead of eo instanti on the execution of the document. A testamentary disposition is generally effected by a will or by a codicil which means an instrument made in relation to a will extending, altering or adding to its disposition and is to be deemed to form part of the will, Pavitri Devi v. Darsari Singh, (1993) 4 SCC 392 (396)....
Tenor
Tenor [spelt 'tenour' in s. 88 of the Bills of Exchange Act, 1882 (see MAKER)], sense contained; general course or drift. Tenor implies that a correct copy is set out, but the word effect alone implies that the substance only is set out.Where the appointment of an executor is not express, but only constructive, upon construction of the will or codicil, he is usually called 'executor according to the tenor'; see Williams on Executors; In the Goods of Lush, (1887) 13 PD 20....
Settlement
Settlement, means an agreement ending a dispute or a law suit, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1377.Settlement, suggests that, in the process of vesting, the right to possession in such lands is also vested in the State, and thereafter it is settled back with the outgoing proprietor by the operation of law, Brijnandan Singh v. Jamuna Prasad Sahu, AIR 1958 Pat 589.Settlement, the act of giving possession by legal sanction; a jointure granted to a wife; a disposition of either real or personal property or both for the benefit of one person for his life, and after his death for the benefit of another person absolutely, or with a similar ultimate devolution for the use of several persons in succession after the person first named. See last title, and SETTLEMENT ESTATE DUTY.The conveyance of property -- or of interests in property -- to provide for one or more beneficiaries, usu. members of settlor's family in a way that differs from what the beneficiaries would receive as heirs under ...
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