Tag: Estate Law
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Holographic Will
See also See will (in U.S. law) …. (Read more)…
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Bequest
A gift of real estate by will. See Eaten v MacDonald 145 A.2d369, 154 Me. 227.
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Hereditaments
Things capable of being inherited. Co. Litt. 5b; 2 Bl. Comm. 17. By this term, such things are denoted as may be the subject matter of inheritance, but not the inheritance itself. It cannot, therefore, by its own intrinsic force, enlarge an estate prima facie a life estate into a fee. 2 […]
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Hereditaments
Things capable of being inherited. Co. Litt. 5b; 2 Bl. Comm. 17. By this term, such things are denoted as may be the subject matter of inheritance, but not the inheritance itself. It cannot, therefore, by its own intrinsic force, enlarge an estate prima facie a life estate into a fee. 2 […]
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Donee
One to whom a gift is made or a bequest given.
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Donee
One to whom a gift is made or a bequest given.
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Heir
Legal Definition and Related Resources of Heir Meaning of Heir At Common Law. He who is bom or begotten in lawful wedlock, and upon whom the law casts the estate in lands, tenements, or hereditaments immediately upon the death of his ancestor. […]
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Donor
One who makes a gift.
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Business Trust
See alsoSee massachusetts trust (in U.S. law) …. (Read more)…
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Inheritance Taxes
See alsoLevies by some of the states on the right of the living… (Read more)…
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Estate By The Entirety
See alsoSee tenancy by the entirety (in U.S. law) … (Read more)…
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Dominant Estate
See also Dominant Estate (Tenement) Where the owners of one estate… (Read more)…
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Decedent’s Estate
See alsoThe property left by a deceased person. See will… (Read more)…