Ambulatory: Something which is not cast in stone; which can be changed or revoked, such as a will. Amend: To change, to revise, usually to the wording of a written document such as legislation.
Ambulatory Literally, "to walk". In law, something which can be changed or revoked, such as a will. Amend In law, to change or to revise a written document.
Expanded Legal Definition of AmbiguityAmbulatory Something which is not cast in stone; which can be changed or revoked, such as a will.
An instrument by which a person makes a disposition of his real and personal property, to take effect after his death, and which by its own nature is ambulatory and revocable during his lifetime.
With respect to the nature of a donatio mortis causa, this kind of gift resembles a legacy in that it is ambulatory and incomplete during the donor's life; therefore, it is revocable by him and subject to his debts upon a deficiency of assets.
crown office Ambulatory (legal term) Sir Henry Bracton William Murray Mansfield Sir Matthew Hale (English jurist) Sir John Fortescue (English jurist) Sir Henri Elzéar Taschereau (Canadian jurist & statesman) ...
The will stands for the reason. Voluntas reputatur pro facto. The will is to be taken for the deed. Voluntas testatoris ambulatoria est usque ad mortem. The will of the testator is ambulatory up to death. 2 Bl. Com. 502.
See also: Law, Cause, Will, Property, Court
 
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