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specific devise
specific devise see devise
abate
Uniform Probate Code, property in the estate that is not specifically given under the will abates first, residuary devises abate second, … in estate law when the amount of the bequests and devises made in a will exceeds the assets available in the
ademption
will compare advancement NOTE: Only gifts that are characterized as specific devises, bequests, or legacies are subject to ademption. … compare advancement NOTE: Only gifts that are characterized as specific devises, bequests, or legacies are subject to ademption.
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Marriage
17 Ch D 266], and they could take under a specific devise or real estate to 'children', Gray v. Stamford, (1892) 3
Wills
175 of the (English) Law of Property Act, 1925, contingent, specific or residuary devises of real or personal property carry the … voluntas in scriptis is used, where lands or tenements are devised, and testamentum, when it concerneth chattels': Co. Litt. 111 a.
legacy
been distributed through other legacies or charges upon the estate specific legacy : a legacy payable only from a specific fund … personal property by will : bequest see also ademption compare devise conjoint legacy in the civil law of Louisiana : a
remainder
the property in a decedent's estate that is not otherwise devised or bequeathed [I leave the rest, residue, and of my
Joint-tenancy
severs the estate in mere equity, provided it can be specifically performed, but not at law. (3) By accession of interest, … could not grant, nor bargain and sell, nor surrender or devise to each other, much less exchange with or enfeoff one
Trust
protection, the voluntary agreement will in such a case be specifically executed, and see (English) Law of Property Act, 1925, s. … codicillary paper executed with the statutory formalities, but if a devise or bequest of the legal estate be accompanied with any
Frauds, Statute of
land, but it also applies to other cases in which specific performance would be granted by a Court of Equity. It … important provisions as to the making, revocation, etc., of wills devising land, and as to nuncupative wills, etc., which have been
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