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    Wills have a lengthy history. The Ancient Greek practice concerning wills was not the same in all places; some states permitted men to dispose of their...
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    legislatures soon passed laws in support of living wills in virtually every state in the union. However, as living wills began to be better recognized, key...
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    wife willswills made by two or more parties (typically spouses) that make similar or identical provisions in favor of each other. joint will – similar...
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    The Statute of Wills or Wills Act 1540 (32 Hen. 8. c. 1) was an Act of the Parliament of England. It made it possible, for the first time in post-Conquest...
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    Intestacy (redirect from Law of descent)
    After the Statute of Wills 1540, Englishmen (and unmarried or widowed women) could dispose of their lands and real property by a will. Their personal property...
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    the end of the testator's active-duty military service. Wills in South Africa are governed by the Wills Act 7 of 1953, which requires wills to be in...
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    ineligible to serve as a fiduciary. Administration Probate Wills "Letters of Administration". Cornell Legal Information Institute. Cornell University Law School...
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    Testator (category Wills and trusts)
    Witnessing of a testator's will "Law dictionary on line". Dictionary.law.com. 2010-12-09. Retrieved 2012-03-26. Gordon Brown, Administration of Wills, Trusts...
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    Estate planning (category Wills and trusts)
    the Will Ordinance (Sabah Cap. 158) applies. The Wills Act 1959 and the Wills Ordinance applies to non-Muslims only. Section 2(2) of the Wills Act 1959...
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  • Wolfe, 103 Mo. 391, 15 S.W. 426 (1891) "Issue and children in wills". willshub.com.au. BHS Legal. 17 March 2022 [25 August 2020]. Archived from the original...
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    Probate (category Wills and trusts)
    absence of a legal will, the estate is settled according to the laws of intestacy that apply in the state where the deceased resided at the time of their...
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    Slayer rule (category Wills and trusts)
    disclaimed his [or her] intestate share.” § 2-803. Effect of Homicide on Intestate Succession, Wills, Trusts, Joint Assets, Life Insurance, and Beneficiary...
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  • Joint wills and mutual wills are closely related terms used in the law of wills to describe two types of testamentary writing that may be executed by a...
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    "Wills Act 2007 - Meaning of a will". Legislation.govt.nz. Retrieved 10 June 2024. Lawyers and Legal Services Australia. "Codicil". Lawyers and Legal Services...
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    Trustee (redirect from Trustee (legal))
    Trustee (or the holding of a trusteeship) is a legal term which, in its broadest sense, is a synonym for anyone in a position of trust and so can refer...
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    statutory law of wills and trusts, an attestation clause is a clause that is typically appended to a will, often just below the place of the testator's...
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    The legal profession has its origins in ancient Greece and Rome. Although in Greece it was forbidden to take payment for pleading the cause of another...
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    Cestui que (category Legal terminology)
    modified in the Statute of Wills (1540). One of the effects of the Statute of Uses in executing the use, was to make a mere sale of land without feoffment...
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    Blind trust (category Wills and trusts)
    trust is a trust in which the trust beneficiaries have no knowledge of the holdings of the trust, and no right to intervene in their handling. In a blind...
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    involves drafting legal instruments, such as contracts and wills. Legal writing places heavy reliance on authority. In most legal writing, the writer...
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  • Resulting trust (category Wills and trusts)
    into the recipient's legal ownership), but the legal owner is not permitted to benefit from it, and so beneficial ownership of the property springs back...
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    surviving spouse To ensure that the decedent's spouse's property will be disposed of in accordance with the decedent's wishes, even if the surviving spouse...
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    Residuary estate (category Wills and trusts)
    the law of wills, is any portion of the testator's estate that is not specifically devised to someone in the will, or any property that is part of such a...
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    Legatee (category Wills and trusts)
    A legatee, in the law of wills, is any individual or organization bequeathed any portion of a testator's estate. Depending upon local custom, legatees...
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    The legal rights of women refers to the social and human rights of women. One of the first women's rights declarations was the Declaration of Sentiments...
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    interest (or life rent in Scotland) is a form of right, usually under a trust, that lasts only for the lifetime of the person benefiting from that right. A...
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    Beach bum trust provision (category Wills and trusts)
    trust provision". Legal Information Institute. 2010-08-19. "Beach Bum Trust Provision Law and Legal Definition". USLegal. airSlate Legal Forms, Inc. v t...
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    Charitable trust (category Wills and trusts)
    taxable income. The legal framework in India recognizes activities such as "relief of the poor, education, medical relief, preservation of monuments and the...
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    Uniform Probate Code (category Wills and trusts)
    various state laws governing wills, trusts, and intestacy. Drafting of the Uniform Probate Code began in 1964. The final version of the original UPC was promulgated...
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    aussi près) is a legal doctrine which allows a court to amend a legal document to enforce it "as near as possible" to the original intent of the instrument...
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