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A testator one who bequeaths a legacy
Wills
six days; and that no probate should be granted till after fourteen days from the death of the testator. These and many subsequent enactments are all and wholly repealed by s. 2 of the Wills Act, 1837,
Executor
Executor. A person appointed by a testator to carry out the directions and requests in his will, and to dispose of the property according to
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Legacy
is a gift of personalty by will, and, arising as it does from the mere bounty of the testator, it is postponed to the claims of creditors. There are four kinds of legacies:-(1) General, when it does
Lapse
realm. (2) A device or legacy is said to lapse when the devisee or legatee dies before the testator. In such case the devise or legacy falls into the residuary real or personal estate, as the case
Cy-pres
Cy-pres (near to it). The principle of this doctrine of construction is, that where a testator hs two objects,one primary or general and the other secondary or particular, which are incompatible, the particular must
will
: mutual will in this entry holographic will : a will written out in the hand of the testator and accepted as valid in many states provided it meets statutory requirements (as that no important parts have
Executory devise
into three kinds, two relative to real, and the third to personal estate only, viz.:- (1) Where a testator devises his whole fee-simple, but upon some contingency qualifies such devise, and limits an estate on the contingency;
Execution of Wills
hereinafter mentioned; (that is to say) it shall be signed at the foot or end thereof by the testator or by some other person in his presence and by his direction, and such signature shall be made
Disclaimer
'renounce,' the executorship, and the executor of an executor may, before probate of the will of his own testator, disclaim to be the executor of the first testator; but he cannot so disclaim after he has proved
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Testat - Law Dictionary Search Results
VerbarLegator
A testator one who bequeaths a legacy
Wills
six days; and that no probate should be granted till after fourteen days from the death of the testator. These and many subsequent enactments are all and wholly repealed by s. 2 of the Wills Act, 1837,
Executor
Executor. A person appointed by a testator to carry out the directions and requests in his will, and to dispose of the property according to
Keep your definitions linked to case research
Legacy
is a gift of personalty by will, and, arising as it does from the mere bounty of the testator, it is postponed to the claims of creditors. There are four kinds of legacies:-(1) General, when it does
Lapse
realm. (2) A device or legacy is said to lapse when the devisee or legatee dies before the testator. In such case the devise or legacy falls into the residuary real or personal estate, as the case
Cy-pres
Cy-pres (near to it). The principle of this doctrine of construction is, that where a testator hs two objects,one primary or general and the other secondary or particular, which are incompatible, the particular must
will
: mutual will in this entry holographic will : a will written out in the hand of the testator and accepted as valid in many states provided it meets statutory requirements (as that no important parts have
Executory devise
into three kinds, two relative to real, and the third to personal estate only, viz.:- (1) Where a testator devises his whole fee-simple, but upon some contingency qualifies such devise, and limits an estate on the contingency;
Execution of Wills
hereinafter mentioned; (that is to say) it shall be signed at the foot or end thereof by the testator or by some other person in his presence and by his direction, and such signature shall be made
Disclaimer
'renounce,' the executorship, and the executor of an executor may, before probate of the will of his own testator, disclaim to be the executor of the first testator; but he cannot so disclaim after he has proved
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