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Executor
the execution of the last Will of a deceased person is, by the testator's appointment, confided. [The Indian Succession Act, 1925, s. 2 (c)] (11) It means an executor or administrator of the estate of a deceased … 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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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
disposable portion
disposable portion in the civil law of Louisiana : the portion of a testate succession that may be donated to legatees other than the forced heir compare marital portion
legitime
legitima (pars) the lawful (share)] in the civil law of Louisiana : the portion (as one-fourth) of a testate succession that is reserved for a forced heir called also forced portion compare disposable portion, falcidian portion, marital portion
demise
: the conveyance of property by will or lease : lease 2 : the transmission of property by testate or intestate succession 3 : charter of a boat in which the owner surrenders completely the possession, command,
Probate
the seal of a court of competent jurisdiction with a grant of administration to the estate of the testator. [Indian Succession Act, 1925 (39 of 1925), s. 2 (f)] Official proof of a will. This is obtained
seisin
to immediate possession of an estate or to immediate succession [ of an heir upon death of the testator]
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
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