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Wills

regard to the revocation of wills, it is enacted by the eighteenth s. that every will shall be revoked by marriage, but if the will has been made in contemplation of a particular marriage it will not

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

Revocation of agency

act, where the authority of both would be incompatible. The exceptions to the power of the principal to revoke his agent's authority at mere pleasure are-- (1) When the principal has expressly stipulated that the authority shall

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Revocation

made it void. It may be either general, of all acts and things done before; or special, to revoke a particular thing, 5 Rep. 90. The word revocation' means annulling, rescinding, withdrawing. In the facts and circumstances

Recall

Recall, to supersede a minister, or deprive him of his office; also a revoke a judgment on a matter of fact. Removal of a public official from office by popular vote, Black's

Office of profit

government to appoint a person to an office of profit or to continue him in that office or revoke his appointment at their discretion and payment from out of Government revenues are important factors in determining whether

Mutual testaments

testaments, wills made by two persons who leave their effects reciprocally to the survivor. Either will may be revoked by notice during the joint lives, but the survivor cannot revoke his or her will if the benefit

Set aside

Set aside, is to revoke or quash. It means the interim order has come to an end and has become inoperative, Bileshwar Khan

Colonial coinage

only), the King on Council may make coins coined in the colonies legal tender in England, and may revoke such order, and see (English) Coinage Act, 1920 (10 Geo. 5, c. 3), s. 1. See TENDER.

power

revocation : a power usually reserved by a person in an instrument (as one creating a trust) to revoke the legal relationship that the person has created or made a possibility power of sale : a power

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