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Lapse
or legacy is said to lapse when the devisee or legatee dies before the testator. In such case the devise or
Such
a gift of 'such parts' of testator's property as the legatee may desire, enables the legatee to take the whole; and
Legacy duty
the distance of relationship between the testator or intestate and legatee. The personal representative is liable to pay the duty. He
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Restraint of marriage
general restraint of marriage, are void, i.e., the donee or legatee takes the gift or bequest whether he or she marry
Precatory words
a thing be done; e.g., that property bequeathed to a legatee be disposed of by him for the benefit of other
Mutual Will
benefits, as by either of them constituting the other his legatee; that is to say, when the executants fill the roles
Heir
Heir [fr. heire, Old Fr.; h'res, Lat.], a person who succeeds by descent to an estate of inheritance. It is...
universal successor
law of Louisiana : a successor (as an heir, universal legatee, or legatee under universal title) who succeeds to the rights
legacy
a legacy by a single disposition to more than one legatee or of indivisible property to more than one legatee de·mon·stra·tive
gift
exclusion) sub·sti·tu·tion·al gift [səb-stə-tü-shə-nəl-, -tyü-] : a gift to a legatee or devisee in substitution for another devisee or legatee who
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