Cyclopædia
Assuming legacy is required, the following 4 results were found.
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LEGACY in Lawhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/LEGACY-in-Law
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- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Unclassified
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ASSETShttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/religion/law/ASSETS
the burden laid on an executor, or heir, for satisfying the testator’s debts or legacies. See EXECUTOR, HEIR, TESTAMENT, LEGACY, etc. The word is formed of the French assez, enough; in regard whoever charges another with assets, charges him with having...
- Type: Article
- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Law
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ADEMPTIONhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/religion/law/ADEMPTION
ADEMPTION, Ademption, in Civil Law, refers to the revocation of a Grant, Donation, or the like."The Ademption of a Legacy may be either Express; as when the Testator declares in a formal manner that he revokes what he had bequeathed: Or Tacit, as when...
- Type: Article
- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Law
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ACCRETIONhttps://chambers.encyclo.eu/index.php/unclassified/ACCRETION
in the Civil Law, a vague or vacant portion of ground, joined or united with grounds held or possessed by another. A legacy given to two persons jointly, tam re quam verbis, goes wholly to him that survives the testator, by right of accretion. Alluvion...
- Type: Article
- Author: Ephraïm Chambers
- Category: Unclassified