(testamentary) bequest

  • 61inheritance — /inhehradans/ That which is inherited or to be inherited. Property which descends to heir on the intestate death of another. An estate or property which a person has by descent, as heir to another, or which he may transmit to another, as his heir …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 62lapse — I To glide; to pass slowly, silently, or by degrees. To slip; to deviate from the proper path. To fall or fail. Life & Casualty Ins. Co. of Tennessee v. Wheeler, 265 Ky. 269, 96 S.W.2d 753, 755. See also expiration termination II The termination… …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 63inheritance — /inhehradans/ That which is inherited or to be inherited. Property which descends to heir on the intestate death of another. An estate or property which a person has by descent, as heir to another, or which he may transmit to another, as his heir …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 64lapse — I To glide; to pass slowly, silently, or by degrees. To slip; to deviate from the proper path. To fall or fail. Life & Casualty Ins. Co. of Tennessee v. Wheeler, 265 Ky. 269, 96 S.W.2d 753, 755. See also expiration termination II The termination… …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 65reciprocal wills — Wills in which the testators name each other as beneficiaries under similar testamentary plans. Anno: 169 ALR 13. Wills may be strictly reciprocal, each testator leaving his or her entire estate to the survivor, and they may depart from strict… …

    Ballentine's law dictionary

  • 66will — Volition, purpose; desire. An instrument by which a person makes a disposition of his property, to take effect after his decease. Barney v Hayes, 11 Mont 571, 29 P 282. An instrument executed by a competent person, in the manner prescribed by… …

    Ballentine's law dictionary

  • 67general legacy — noun : a testamentary gift of tangible or intangible personal property not amounting to a bequest of specific money or of a particular thing and not identified by a description that sets it apart from all other assets of the same kind in the… …

    Useful english dictionary