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  2. Issue (genealogy) - Wikipedia

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    Issue is a narrower category than heirs, which includes spouses, and collaterals (siblings, cousins, aunts, and uncles). [2] This meaning of issue arises most often in wills and trusts. [3] A person who has no living lineal descendants is said to have died without issue. A child or children are first-generation descendants and are a subset of ...

  3. Joint wills and mutual wills - Wikipedia

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    Joint wills and mutual wills are closely related terms used in the law of wills to describe two types of testamentary writing that may be executed by a married couple to ensure that their property is disposed of identically. Neither should be confused with mirror wills which means two separate, identical wills, which may or may not also be ...

  4. List of legal abbreviations - Wikipedia

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    Ala. Admin. Code — Alabama Administrative Code (unofficial text) Ala. CodeCode of Alabama 1975 (unofficial text) Alaska Admin. Code — Alaska Administrative Code (unofficial text) Alaska Stat. — Alaska Statutes (unofficial text) All ER — All England Law Reports; All SA — All South African Law Reports; A.L.R. — American Law Reports

  5. Will and testament - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 19 January 2025. Legal declaration where a person distributes property at death "Last Will" redirects here. For the film, see Last Will (film). This article possibly contains original research. Please improve it by verifying the claims made and adding inline citations. Statements consisting only of ...

  6. Lapse and anti-lapse - Wikipedia

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    Most common-law jurisdictions have enacted an anti-lapse statute to address this situation. The anti-lapse statute "saves" the bequest if it has been made to parties specified in the statute, usually members of the testator's immediate family, if they had issue that survived the testator.

  7. Power of appointment - Wikipedia

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    A general power of appointment is a key element of a type of marital deduction tax law as prescribed in Internal Revenue Code §2056(b)(5). It is a trust that qualifies for the marital deduction, provided that the surviving spouse is given the income at least annually and the surviving spouse has a general power of appointment over the trust ...

  8. Administration (probate law) - Wikipedia

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    In common-law jurisdictions, administration of an estate on death arises if the deceased is legally intestate, meaning they did not leave a will, or some assets are not disposed of by their will. Where a person dies leaving a will appointing an executor , and that executor validly disposes of the property of the deceased within England and ...

  9. Letters of Administration - Wikipedia

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    As outlined by the Cornell Legal Information Institute, "The letters authorize the administrator to settle the deceased person's estate according to the state's intestate succession laws. Banks, brokerages, and government agencies often require a certified copy of the letters before accepting the administrator's authority to collect the ...