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Will
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Succession Act, 1925 (39 of 1925), s. 2 (h)] The definition of 'will' in s. 2 (h) … English law terms, the concrete has superseded the abstract - obligation, bond, contract, are examples (William: Wills and Intestate Succession, p. 5), Uma Devi Nambiar v. T.C. Sidham, (2004) 2 SCC 321 (329): AIR 2004 SC 1772.
Real representative
Real representative. The name formerly given to a personal representative on whom real estate devolved on the death of any person between the 31st December, 1897, and the 1st January, 1926, under the provisions of the … and Hayes, 1928 Ch 163. Pending the effective creation of a personal repre-sentative the real estate of an intestate devolved on the heir-at-law [Re Griggs, (1914) 2 Ch 547]; it now vests in the President of the
Free-bench
estate which, by the custom of some manors, a husband takes in his wife's copyhold lands after her death, and anciently it was indiscriminately applied to that and to the widow's dower, but now the estate of … after 1925, but was on the 1st January, 1926, of full age and of unsound mind, and died intestate and without having recovered.
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Notice to quit
and not capable of being confirmed by the remainder-man, but the remainder-man received money as rent after the death of the tenant for life, it was held to be an admission of a tenancy from year to … if the tenant dies his personal representatives have the same interest in the land which their testator or intestate had, and are, therefore, entitled to the same notice to quit; for such tenancy is a chattel interest,
Children
INFANTS; YOUNG PERSON; and Chitty's Statutes. Tit. 'Infants and Children.' The expression 'children' in the case of an intestate male and the expression 'thavazhee' in the case of an intestate female shall, for the purpose of Part … English Act. Registration of Birth, and Vaccination.--It is the duty, by s. 1 of the (English) Births and Deaths Registration act, 1874 (37 & 38 Vict. c. 88), of the father and mother of very child born
Married women's property
freehold estate became his to manage and take the profits of during the joint lives only. After his death, leaving her surviving, it passed to her absolutely; after her death, leaving him surviving, provided that it was … any woman married after the passing of the Act (9th August, 1870), as next of kin of an intestate, and personalty up to 200l. coming to her under any deed or will, should belong to her for
Lapse
be a child or other issue of the testator, and should die leaving issue surviving at the testator's death, then, by s. 33 of the Wills Act, 1837 (7 Wm. 4 & 1 Vict. c. 26), the … estate, as the case may be. If a residuary devise or bequest lapses, the property falls into the intestate estate of the testator, see Easum v. Appleford, (1840) 5 My&Cr 56; Re Whitrod, (1926) 1 Ch 118.
Husband and wife
sale, and by s. 184, ibid., in cases where the survival of either husband or wife after the death of the other is uncertain, the younger shall be deemed to have survived the elder. The general rule … the A.E. Act, 1925, which has substantially altered the rights of husband or wife surviving the other upon intestate succession (see s. 467), provides that a husband and wife shall, for all purposes of distribution and division
Legacy duty
(English) Finance (1909-10) Act, 1910, pt. Iii. See Chitty's Statutes, tit. 'Death Duties.' Consult Hanson or Norman on Death Duties. … rising from 1 to 10 per cent. in proportion of the distance of relationship between the testator or intestate and legatee. The personal representative is liable to pay the duty. He must show a receipt signed by
Annuity
will abate with the other legacies upon a deficiency of assets. It commences, as a rule, from the death of the testator [Re Robbins, (1907) 2 Ch 13], but arrears of it do not carry interest (Re … estate if bequeathed or granted before 1926 to A. and his heirs, they were for the purposes of intestate succession but not for any purpose other than descent, considered to be heritable and descended to the heir.
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