(testamentary) bequest

  • 1bequest — be·quest /bi kwest/ n: an act of bequeathing; also: something bequeathed: legacy de·mon·stra·tive bequest /di män strə tiv /: a bequest of a particular amount of money or property to be distributed first from one source in the estate and then… …

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  • 2testamentary — I adjective by way of a will, bequeathed by will, contained in a will, devised by will, distributed by will, given by testament, hereditary, patrimonial, set forth in a will, transferred by a legacy, transferred by bequest, transferred by devise… …

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  • 3testamentary disposition — index bequest, conveyance, demise (conveyance) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 4testamentary gift — see gift Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. testamentary gift …

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  • 5testamentary class — Persons included and comprehended under some general description in a will, bearing a certain relation to the testator, having a common relation to each other, sustaining the same relation to the bequest, or included together in a grouping made… …

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  • 6demonstrative bequest — A testamentary gift which, by its terms, must be paid from a specific fund; e.g. bequest of one thousand dollars to be paid from testator s shares of stock in X Corporation. Hence, it is partly a general bequest and partly a specific bequest. See …

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  • 7demonstrative bequest — A testamentary gift which, by its terms, must be paid from a specific fund; e.g. bequest of one thousand dollars to be paid from testator s shares of stock in X Corporation. Hence, it is partly a general bequest and partly a specific bequest. See …

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  • 8specific bequest — (or specific devise). A testamentary gift of specific personal property (e.g. my old rocking chair ) or of a specific amount of cash. A specific bequest (or devise) is a gift by will of a specific article or part of testator s estate, which is… …

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  • 9transferred by bequest — index testamentary Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 10executory bequest — A testamentary gift of personal property on a contingency after an absolute gift to another. Robinson v Harris, 73 SC 469, 53 SE 755 …

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