A Practical Exposition of the Law of Wills, with plain instructions and advice to testators, executors, administrators and legatees, and observations on the consequences of intestacy, etc |
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... of having his property descend in the way he approves himself , among the least advantages to be derived from the discharge of this duty . The utility and importance of making a will appears from the circumstance , that 4 LAW OF WILLS .
... of having his property descend in the way he approves himself , among the least advantages to be derived from the discharge of this duty . The utility and importance of making a will appears from the circumstance , that 4 LAW OF WILLS .
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Esq. Richard Dickson. of making a will appears from the circumstance , that the stamp - duty on letters of administration under an intestacy , is half as much again as on probate under a will . 2. The Consequences of neglecting the ...
Esq. Richard Dickson. of making a will appears from the circumstance , that the stamp - duty on letters of administration under an intestacy , is half as much again as on probate under a will . 2. The Consequences of neglecting the ...
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... personal property , received in the eccle- siastical court as testamentary , it must appear that the writer intended it to operate as it stood when it was written , without contemplating any further act LAW OF WILLS . 23.
... personal property , received in the eccle- siastical court as testamentary , it must appear that the writer intended it to operate as it stood when it was written , without contemplating any further act LAW OF WILLS . 23.
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... appears , by strong and convincing proofs , that they under- stood the meaning of a will , and expressed a desire to that effect . Swinb . Test . 97 . On the like ground of mental imbecility , a lu- natic is disabled from disposing of ...
... appears , by strong and convincing proofs , that they under- stood the meaning of a will , and expressed a desire to that effect . Swinb . Test . 97 . On the like ground of mental imbecility , a lu- natic is disabled from disposing of ...
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... appears that the testator was solely actuated by an almost insuperable mistake , which has made him neglect the performance of some urgent duty ; for the presumption is , that , had he not have been led into an error , he could not thus ...
... appears that the testator was solely actuated by an almost insuperable mistake , which has made him neglect the performance of some urgent duty ; for the presumption is , that , had he not have been led into an error , he could not thus ...
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Page 69 - ... shall remain and continue in force until the same be burnt, cancelled, torn or obliterated by the testator or his directions, in manner aforesaid, or unless the same be altered by some other will or codicil in writing, or other writing of the devisor, signed in the presence of three or four witnesses declaring the same; any former law or usage to the contrary notwithstanding.
Page 201 - GF and the survivor of them, and the executors, administrators, and assigns of such survivor...
Page 169 - ... on lives, if any, and without deducting any thing on account of the debts due and owing from the deceased, are under the value of a certain sum to be therein...
Page 206 - ... my last will and testament. As witness my hand and seal this twenty first day of April one thousand seven hundred and eighty five (1785).
Page 200 - ... hereinafter expressed and declared of and concerning the same (that is to say...
Page 202 - ... being a son or sons, shall attain the age of twenty-one years, or being a daughter or daughters, shall attain that age or marry...
Page 200 - I do revoke all former wills by me at any time heretofore made, and do declare this only to be my last will and testament.
Page 168 - Act," and that the Personal Estate in respect of which such Probate or Letters of Administration are to be or have been granted, exclusive of what the Deceased may have been possessed of or entitled to as a Trustee, and not beneficially, but...
Page 171 - ... to be granted, exclusive of what the deceased shall have been possessed of or entitled to as a trustee for any other person or persons, and not beneficially, but...
Page 7 - To this he never yielded for an instant. Alas, in this age numbers of men are setting up to be their own inspired writers. I have been told that every man who is his own lawyer has a fool for his client...