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Uses

to take the profits; and (2) upon the request of the cestui que use, or notice of his will, would convey the estate to the cestui que use or his heirs, or any other person by his

Testamentary

Testamentary, given by will; contained in a will. 1. Of or relating to a will or testament 2. Provided for or appointed

Military testament

Military testament. By s. 11 of the (English) Wills Act, 1837, a soldier or sailor on active service may dispose of his personal estate as he might

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are done or omitted to be done, according to the meaning of the given restrictions, the fee qualified will cease; but it may possibly, as is obvious, continue for ever, in those instances especially where the qualification

ademption

away, from ad to + emere to buy, obtain] 1 : the revocation of a gift in a will inferred from the disposal (as by sale) of the property by the maker of the will before he

cancel

or: -cel·ling 1 : to destroy the force, validity, or effectiveness of: as a : to render (one's will or a provision in one's will) ineffective by purposely making marks through or otherwise marring the text of

gift

of a sum to a group of unspecified persons whose number and identity and share of the gift will be determined sometime in the future (as at the death of the donor) com·plet·ed gift : a gift

party

those rights, no complete disposition of the action can be made without the party's joinder, and whose nonjoinder will result in the dismissal of an action compare necessary party in this entry NOTE: Federal Rule of Civil

probate

proving in a court of competent jurisdiction (as a probate court) that an instrument is the valid last will and testament of a deceased person ;broadly : the process of administering an estate b : the judicial

tenancy

expiration of the previous tenancy (as one under a lease), that may be established as a tenancy at will by the recognition of the landlord (as by accepting rent), and that may sometimes be statutorily converted to

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