testamentary freedom

  • 51Devises and Bequests For Masses (United States) —     Devises and Bequests for Masses (United States)     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Devises and Bequests for Masses (United States)     Prior to the period of the Reformation in England in 1532, Masses for the repose of the souls of the donors of… …

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  • 52England (Since the Reformation) —     England (Since the Reformation)     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► England (Since the Reformation)     The Protestant Reformation is the great dividing line in the history of England, as of Europe generally. This momentous Revolution, the outcome… …

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  • 53The Kingdom of Bavaria —     The Kingdom of Bavaria     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Kingdom of Bavaria     I. POLITICAL CONSTITUTION, AREA, POPULATION     The present Kingdom of Bavaria named after the German tribe called Boiarii has formed, since 1871, a constituent… …

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  • 54alienation — I (estrangement) noun abhorrence, abomination, acrimony, alienatio, animosity, antagonism, antipathy, aversion, bitterness, breach, break, deflection, disaffection, disfavor, disruption, division, enmity, execration, hostility, implacability,… …

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  • 55undue influence — n: improper influence that deprives a person of freedom of choice or substitutes another s choice or desire for the person s own compare coercion, duress, necessity ◇ It is a doctrine of equity that a contract, deed, donation, or testamentary… …

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  • 56Immortale Dei — is an 1885 encyclical of Pope Leo XIII on Church State relations, and specifically on the topic of civil allegiance, which is defined as a duty of loyalty and obedience which a person owes to the State of which he is a citizen.[1] The word… …

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  • 57dispensation — I (act of dispensing) noun accommodation, administration, allocation, allotment, appointment, apportionment, assignment, bestowal, bestowment, conferment, conferral, dispersal, dispersion, disposal, disposition, dissemination, distribution,… …

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  • 58coercion — /kowarshan/ Compulsion; constraint; compelling by force or arms or threat. General Motors v. Blevins, D.C.Colo., 144 F.Supp. 381, 384. It may be actual, direct, or positive, as where physical force is used to compel act against one s will, or… …

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  • 59coercion — /kowarshan/ Compulsion; constraint; compelling by force or arms or threat. General Motors v. Blevins, D.C.Colo., 144 F.Supp. 381, 384. It may be actual, direct, or positive, as where physical force is used to compel act against one s will, or… …

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  • 60ADOPTION — ADOPTION, taking another s child as one s own. Alleged Cases of Adoption in the Bible The evidence for adoption in the Bible is so equivocal that some have denied it was practiced in the biblical period. (A) GENESIS 15:2–3. Being childless, Abram …

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