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Holograph [fr. Gk., all, and to write], a deed or writing, written entirely by the grantor himself. In Scotland such a deed is held probative without witnesses, and a holograph will is good, but it must appear in gremio to be holograph or must be proved before heritage can be carried by its terms.A document (such or will or deed) that is entirely handwrites by its author, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn....
Holographic
Of the nature of a holograph pertaining to holographs...
holograph
holograph [Late Latin holographus, from Late Greek holographos, from Greek holos whole, complete + graphein to write] : a document (as a will or a deed) entirely in the handwriting of the person whose act it purports to be ho·lo·graph·ic [hō-lə-gra-fik, hÄ -] adj ...
holographic will
holographic will see will ...
Holograph will
Holograph will, it is one which is wholly in the handwriting of the testator, Joyce Prim Rose Prestor v. Vera Marie Vas, (1996) 9 SCC 324 (331)....
olograph
olograph : holograph olo·graph·ic [ō-lə-gra-fik, Ä -] adj ...
will
will 1 : the desire, inclination, or choice of a person or group 2 : the faculty of wishing, choosing, desiring, or intending 3 : a legal declaration of a person's wishes regarding the disposal of his or her property after death ;esp : a formally executed written instrument by which a person makes disposition of his or her estate to take effect after death see also codicil, living will, testament antenuptial will : a will that was executed by a person prior to that person's marriage and is usually revocable by the court if no provision was made for the person's spouse unless an intention not to make such a provision is manifest conditional will : a will intended to take effect upon a certain contingency and usually construed as having absolute force when the language pertaining to the condition suggests a general purpose to make a will counter will : mutual will in this entry holographic will : a will written out in the hand of the testator and accepted as valid in many sta...
Holograph
A document as a letter deed or will wholly in the handwriting of the person from whom it proceeds and whose act it purports to be...
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...
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