Interpretation of Testamentary Documents

Interpretation of Testamentary Documents is a practical and essential reference for practitioners in this dynamic field of estates law

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ISBN/ISSN: 9780409348880

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Interpretation of Testamentary Documents is a practical and accessible guide for legal practitioners on matters where the testator’s intention is not made clear. With uncertainty possibly infecting the property the subject of succession, the persons who may take that property, or the shares to be taken by those persons, this text provides an invaluable resource for practitioners requiring guidance on these matters.

Features

  • Essential reference for all practitioners engaged in estates law
  • Clear and practical guide
  • Multi-jurisdictional
  • Highly esteemed author

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Table of contents

Part I Principles 

 
1. Nature of Testamentary Interpretation

 
2. Approaching the Process of Interpretation

 
3. Rules of Interpretation (‘Construction’)

 
Part II Property 

 
4. Scope of Testamentary Property

 
5. Identifying Testamentary Property

 
6. Interpreting Terms Relating to Property 

 
Part III Persons

 
7. Interpreting Gifts to Persons by Description

 
8. Class gifts 

 
Part IV Portions

 
9. Legacies

 
10. Gifts of Income

 
11. Conditional Testamentary Gifts 

 
12. Shared Testamentary Gifts

 
13. Absolute and Limited Interests

 
14. Vested and Contingent Testamentary Gifts

 
15. Testamentary Options

 
16. Personal Representatives’ Powers

 
17. Residuary Gifts

 
18. Failure of Gift
 

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