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Renounce

Renounce, to give up a right. An executor who declines to take probate of the will of his testator is said to 'renounce' probate. Where any person, after 1st January, 1858, renounces probate of the will of

Real representative

passing by survivorship or the interest of a corporation sole. The trustees of settled land vested in the testator and not settled by his will may be appointed by the testator (and if not so appointed, these

Incerta persona

A person that could not inherit property such as a person whose existence was uncertain or whom the testator could not identify by name (such as the first person to appear at the testator's funeral, Black's Law

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Such

Pradesh v. Jagannath, AIR 1957 Punj 226: (1957) 32 ITR 418. Means a gift of 'such parts' of testator's property as the legatee may desire, enables the legatee to take the whole; and if the gift embraces

Trust

225. Trust, is an obligation annexed to ownership. A trustee holds property 'subject' to an obligation, which the testator has imposed upon him, Mahadeo Ramchandra v. Damodar Vishwanath, AIR 1957 Bom 218: (1957) 59 Bom LR 478.

Trust for sale

the property as realty (see CONVERSION), except that upon a lapse of the devise of realty in the testator's lifetime the property resulted to the heir-at-law, Ackroyd v. Smithson, (1780) 1 Bro CC 503. Another and more

Power

are obligatory upon the conscience of the party entrusted. The test is whether what is expressed by the testator is his direction intended to contract the conduct of the person to whom it is addressed; or whether

Debtor-Executor

Debtor-Executor. At law, if a testator appoints his debtor executor, the debt is released. In equity, however, the executor is accountable for the amount

In testamentis plenius testatoris intentionem scrutamur

In testamentis plenius testatoris intentionem scrutamur [Lat.], in wills we seek diligently the intention of the testator. The paramount principle in construing

natural object

thing or action ;esp : a person who is close to or related to a person dying whether testate or intestate, who would reasonably be expected to receive a share of the estate, and who may be

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Renounce

Renounce, to give up a right. An executor who declines to take probate of the will of his testator is said to 'renounce' probate. Where any person, after 1st January, 1858, renounces probate of the will of

Real representative

passing by survivorship or the interest of a corporation sole. The trustees of settled land vested in the testator and not settled by his will may be appointed by the testator (and if not so appointed, these

Incerta persona

A person that could not inherit property such as a person whose existence was uncertain or whom the testator could not identify by name (such as the first person to appear at the testator's funeral, Black's Law

Keep your definitions linked to case research

Such

Pradesh v. Jagannath, AIR 1957 Punj 226: (1957) 32 ITR 418. Means a gift of 'such parts' of testator's property as the legatee may desire, enables the legatee to take the whole; and if the gift embraces

Trust

225. Trust, is an obligation annexed to ownership. A trustee holds property 'subject' to an obligation, which the testator has imposed upon him, Mahadeo Ramchandra v. Damodar Vishwanath, AIR 1957 Bom 218: (1957) 59 Bom LR 478.

Trust for sale

the property as realty (see CONVERSION), except that upon a lapse of the devise of realty in the testator's lifetime the property resulted to the heir-at-law, Ackroyd v. Smithson, (1780) 1 Bro CC 503. Another and more

Power

are obligatory upon the conscience of the party entrusted. The test is whether what is expressed by the testator is his direction intended to contract the conduct of the person to whom it is addressed; or whether

Debtor-Executor

Debtor-Executor. At law, if a testator appoints his debtor executor, the debt is released. In equity, however, the executor is accountable for the amount

In testamentis plenius testatoris intentionem scrutamur

In testamentis plenius testatoris intentionem scrutamur [Lat.], in wills we seek diligently the intention of the testator. The paramount principle in construing

natural object

thing or action ;esp : a person who is close to or related to a person dying whether testate or intestate, who would reasonably be expected to receive a share of the estate, and who may be

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