Bequests - Gifts made in a will.
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Bequest
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see legacy.
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Legacy - bequest by will of personal property, similar in many respects to a gift causa mortis.
Bequests: Gifts made in a will.
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Bequest Personal property (anything but real estate) left under the terms of a will.
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Bequest
A gift in a will of personal property known also as a "legacy". A residuary bequest is a gift of the residue of the testator`s personal estate, namely, of what is left after payment of debts and legacies.
Bequest
(n) Bequest is the property or asset owned by a person gifted to another person by naming them in the will executed by the owner of such property or asset.
BEQUEST - A gift by last will or testament of personal property. A bequest is the same as a legacy.
bequest - A gift by will of personal property.
best evidence - In proving the content of a writing, the best evidence is the writing itself, and subject to exceptions of unavailability of the writing, ...
Bequests: Gifts made in a will.
Best Evidence: The most direct evidence possible, such as producing an original document to prove that the document exists and what it states.
Bequests - Gifts made in a will.
Best evidence - Primary evidence; the best evidence available. Evidence short of this is "secondary." That is, an original letter is "best evidence," and a photocopy is "secondary evidence." ...
Bequest: A gift given in a will.
Bind: To cause a legal obligation. This obligation may come about as the result of a law, a contract, or a decree of a court. (One can bind himself as well as another person.) ...
bequest
n. the gift of personal property under the terms of a will.
bequest A gift of personal property by one's will; as distinguished from a devise, which is a gift of real property; personal property is said to be bequeathed.
Bequest - Former term used for gift of personal property by a will. Under the Michigan Revised Probate Code, now called a "devise." See DEVISE, MICHIGAN REVISED PROBATE CODE.
BEQUEST. A gift by last will or testament; a legacy. (q. v.) This word is sometimes, though improperly used, as synonymous with devise. There is, however, a distinction between them.
General bequest
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: a bequest that is to be distributed from the general assets of the estate and that is not a particular thing
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specific bequest
n. the gift in a will of a certain article to a certain person or...
specific devise
n. the gift in a will of a certain piece of real estate to a cert...
The failure of a bequest of property in a will. The gift fails (is "adeemed") because the person who made the will no longer owns the property when he or she dies.
Expanded Legal Definition of Benefit of InventoryBequeath or Bequests Gift of personal property or chattels by will.
The library - as a collection of law books the most complete in the country - owes its foundation to a bequest of John Nethersale, a member of the society, in 1497, and is the oldest of the existing libraries in London.
After a death, abatement occurs if the deceased person didn't leave enough property to fulfill all the bequests made in the will and meet other expenses.
AB IRATO
civil law. A Latin phrase, which signifies by a man in anger. It is applied to bequests or gifts, which a man makes adverse to the interest of his... more ...
LEGACY
An outdated legal word meaning personal property left by a will. The more common term for this type of property is bequest. Compare devise.
RESIDUARY ESTATE: Also known as residue of the estate. Portion of the estate left after bequests of specific items of property are made. Often the largest portion.
Falsa demonstratione legatum non perimi. By erroneous description a legacy is not destroyed. A bequest is not to be held void because of innacurate language used in speaking of it. Broom, Max. 645.
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