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Devastavit
Devastavit (he has wasted), a devastation or waste of the property of the deceased person by an executor or administrator by extravagance or misapplication of the assets, for which he is liable. 'A devastavit or waste
Wills
validity or invalidity thereof. The seventeenth s. enacts that no person shall, on account of his being an executor of a will, be incompetent to be admitted a witness to prove the execution of such will or
To be at his own disposal
testator bequeaths certain property for charitable purpose and directs that the profits thereof may be retained by the executor for such objects and such purpose as he may, in his discretion, select and be at his own
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Tenor
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
Retainer of debts
Retainer of debts. An executor or administrator (not being a creditor-administrator, who is now precluded from retaining by the form of the administration
Probate
Act, 1925 (39 of 1925), s. 2 (f)] Official proof of a will. This is obtained by the executor in all Probate Division of the High Court of Justice, and is either in common form, where the
Presentation
also a patron, if he died seised of the advowson, without having devised it, his heir, not his executor, is entitled to present, because the descent of heir and the fall of the avoidance to the executor
Intestate
writers on the subject apply the term to one who dies leaving a will, but not appointing an executor; the term testament being formerly applied only to a will which appointed an executor. See Swinburne, pt. 1,
Legacy
1934, s. 52. Pecuniary legacies bear interest from the expiration of twelve months from the testator's death; the executor may pay them before, but he is not compelled to do so. Upon and subject to the particular
Infant
Articles of apprenticeship [see Green v. Thompson, (1899) 2 QB 1], executed contracts of marriage, representative acts as executor or trustee, contracts for necessaries. In an action brought for the price of goods, if the defendant pleads
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