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" a will is an instrument by which a person makes a disposition of. his property to take effect after his decease, and which is, in its own nature, ambulatory and revocable during his life. "
Virginia Reports: Jefferson--33 Grattan, 1730-1880 - Page 340
1903
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The Law Magazine, Or, Quarterly Review of Jurisprudence

Law - 1844 - 530 pages
...notwithstanding he may die in the lifetime of his father. The definition given by Mr. Jarman of a " WILL" is, " an instrument by which a person makes a disposition...nature ambulatory and revocable during his life." This is correct, but not sufficiently exact and comprehensive so as to comprise the cases which have...
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A Treatise on Wills, Volume 1

Thomas Jarman - Wills - 1844 - 936 pages
...INSTRUMENT. A WILL is an instrument by which a person makes a Ambulatory .... ... nature of wills. disposition of his property to take effect after his decease, and which is in ite men nature ambulatory and revocable during his life. It is this ambulatory quality which forms...
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A New Law Dictionary and Glossary: Containing Full Definitions of ..., Part 2

Alexander Mansfield Burrill - Law - 1851 - 570 pages
...in the civil law. See Testament, Testamentum. — An instrument in writing, executed in form of law, by which a person makes a disposition of his property, to take effect after his death. WIG WIT property, is sometimes called a testament, and when upon real estate, a devise ; but...
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Mrs. Hale's Receipts for the Million ...

Sarah Josepha Buell Hale - Cookery - 1857 - 730 pages
...gave the instructions. 4360. Wills. — A will is an instrument in writing, executed in form of law, by which a person makes a disposition of his property, to take effect after his death. 4361. A codicil is a supplement or addition to a will, and by which the will is altered, explained...
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Reports of Cases at Law and in Chancery Argued and Determined in ..., Volume 230

Illinois. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1908 - 718 pages
...same. Pool v. Blackie, 53 111. 495. Mr. JUSTICE VICKERS delivered the opinion of the court: A will is an instrument by which a person makes a disposition of his property to take effect after his death. ( I Jarman on Wills, 26 ; Schouler on Wills, p. 1 ; 1 Redfield on the Law of Wills, — 4th...
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The Law of Wills, Executors, and Administrators: Together with a ..., Volume 728

William Andrews Holdsworth - Executors and administrators - 1882 - 234 pages
...will, touching what we would have done after our death." Or, if we prefer a more modern definition, it is "an instrument by which a person makes a disposition of his property to take effect after his death." The latter words of the sentence designate the fact which distinguishes a will from any other...
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Reports of Cases Decided in the Court of Appeals of the State of ..., Volume 94

New York (State). Court of Appeals, George Franklin Comstock, Henry Rogers Selden, Francis Kernan, Erasmus Peshine Smith, Joel Tiffany, Edward Jordan Dimock, Samuel Hand, Hiram Edward Sickels, Louis J. Rezzemini, Edmund Hamilton Smith, Edwin Augustus Bedell, Alvah S. Newcomb, James Newton Fiero - Law reports, digests, etc - 1884 - 798 pages
...It is true, as claimed by the learned counsel for the respondent, that a proper definition of a will is an instrument by which a person makes a disposition...of his property to take effect after his decease. But every word contained in the instrument may not relate to or bear upon the disposition of property....
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The American Reports: Containing All Decisions of General ..., Volume 46

Isaac Grant Thompson - Law reports, digests, etc - 1884 - 880 pages
...It is true, as claimed by the learned counsel for the respondent, that a proper definition of a will is an instrument by which a person makes a disposition...of his property to take effect after his decease. But every word contained in the instrument may not relate to or bear upon the disposition of property....
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Civil Procedure Reports: Containing Cases Under the Code of Civil ..., Volume 5

Civil procedure - 1884 - 520 pages
...Revised Statutes [2 R. 8. 63, § 40] of this state. [*, •] Although a proper definition of a will is an instrument by which a person makes a disposition of his property to take effect after bis decease, every word contained in the instrument may not relate to or bear upon the disposition...
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The Law Relating to Gifts, Trusts, and Testamentary Dispositions Among the ...

Syed Ameer Ali - Charitable uses, trusts, and foundations (Islamic law) - 1885 - 670 pages
...will. SECTION I. FORM AND CHARACTERISTICS OF A WILL OR WASIUT. A will is defined by Jarman to be " an instrument by which a person makes a disposition...nature ambulatory and revocable during his life." l Under the Mahommedan law, however, a will may be made either verbally or in writing.3 And consequently...
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