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But this is of no practical importance, since the Courts, in their decisions, are entirely guided by a testator's intention, and it has been always held that if A. devise to B, and his heirs, to the

Accumulation

life of the grantor or settlor; (2) 21 years from the death of the grantor or settlor, or testator; (3) During the minority of any person who shall be living on en ventre sa mere at the

Ademption

Ademption [fr. adimo, Lat.], revocation; a taking away of a specific legacy, i.e., if a testator, after having given a legacy of this nature by his will, alienate the subject of it during his

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Attestation Clause

by s. 9 of the (English) Wills Act, 1837 (1 Vict. c. 26), that the signature of the testator, or of some other person by his direction, 'shall be made or acknowledged by the testator in the

Election

not sue a new firm after having elected to sue a retiring partner. Electio semel facta et placitum testatum non patitur regressum. Quod semel placuit in electionibus amplius displicere non potest. Co. Litt. 146, 146 a.--(Elections once

Mutual Will

Mutual Will, a will is mutual when two testators confer upon each other reciprocal benefits, as by either of them constituting the other his legatee; that is

Special personal representatives

to convey the land to the tenant for life or statutory owner entitled upon the death of the testator subject to provision by them for death duties (see Law of Property Act, 1925, s. 16). If there

Undue influence

SCR 197. It is elementary law that is not every influence which is brought to bear on a testator that can be characterised as 'undue'. It is open to a person to plead his case before the

legacy

proportion (as one-half), a specified type (as movables), or a specified proportion of a specified type of the testator's property par·tic·u·lar legacy in the civil law of Louisiana : any legacy that is not a universal legacy

Will

Will, means the legal declaration of the intention of a testator with respect to his property which he desires to be carried into effect after his death. [Indian Succession

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But this is of no practical importance, since the Courts, in their decisions, are entirely guided by a testator's intention, and it has been always held that if A. devise to B, and his heirs, to the

Accumulation

life of the grantor or settlor; (2) 21 years from the death of the grantor or settlor, or testator; (3) During the minority of any person who shall be living on en ventre sa mere at the

Ademption

Ademption [fr. adimo, Lat.], revocation; a taking away of a specific legacy, i.e., if a testator, after having given a legacy of this nature by his will, alienate the subject of it during his

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Attestation Clause

by s. 9 of the (English) Wills Act, 1837 (1 Vict. c. 26), that the signature of the testator, or of some other person by his direction, 'shall be made or acknowledged by the testator in the

Election

not sue a new firm after having elected to sue a retiring partner. Electio semel facta et placitum testatum non patitur regressum. Quod semel placuit in electionibus amplius displicere non potest. Co. Litt. 146, 146 a.--(Elections once

Mutual Will

Mutual Will, a will is mutual when two testators confer upon each other reciprocal benefits, as by either of them constituting the other his legatee; that is

Special personal representatives

to convey the land to the tenant for life or statutory owner entitled upon the death of the testator subject to provision by them for death duties (see Law of Property Act, 1925, s. 16). If there

Undue influence

SCR 197. It is elementary law that is not every influence which is brought to bear on a testator that can be characterised as 'undue'. It is open to a person to plead his case before the

legacy

proportion (as one-half), a specified type (as movables), or a specified proportion of a specified type of the testator's property par·tic·u·lar legacy in the civil law of Louisiana : any legacy that is not a universal legacy

Will

Will, means the legal declaration of the intention of a testator with respect to his property which he desires to be carried into effect after his death. [Indian Succession

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