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  2. Acts of independent significance - Wikipedia

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    The doctrine of acts of independent significance at common law permits a testator to effectively change the disposition of his property without changing a will, if acts or events changing the disposition have some significance beyond avoiding the requirements of the will. The doctrine is frequently applied under the following two circumstances:

  3. List of uniform acts (United States) - Wikipedia

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    Uniform Correction or Clarification of Defamation Act: 1993 Uniform Custodial Trust Act: 1987 Uniform Deceptive Trade Practices Act: 1964, 1966 Uniform Declaratory Judgments Act: 1922 Uniform Determination of Death Act: 1978, 1980 Uniform Disclaimer of Property Interests Act: 1999 Uniform Disclaimer of Transfers by Will, Intestacy or ...

  4. Legal history of wills - Wikipedia

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    The principal acts in force in the early twentieth century were the Wills Act 1837 (7 Will. 4 & 1 Vict. c. 26), the Wills Act Amendment Act 1852 (15 & 16 Vict. c 24), the Court of Probate Act 1857 (20 & 21 Vict. c. 77), the Supreme Court of Judicature Act 1873 (36 & 37 Vict. c. 66) the Supreme Court of Judicature Act 1875 (38 & 39 Vict. c. 77 ...

  5. Uniform Probate Code - Wikipedia

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    Intestacy, Wills, and Donative Transfers: Intestate succession of property; procedures for making, interpretation, and revocation of wills (includes Statutory rule against perpetuities and Uniform Simultaneous Death Act) 3 Probate of Wills and Administration: Procedural rules for the probate process 4

  6. Statute of Wills - Wikipedia

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    The Statute of Wills or Wills Act 1540 (32 Hen. 8.c. 1) was an Act of the Parliament of England.It made it possible, for the first time in post-Conquest English history, for landholders to determine who would inherit their land upon their death by permitting devise by will.

  7. Estate planning - Wikipedia

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    In West Malaysia and Sarawak, wills are governed by the Wills Act 1959. In Sabah, the Will Ordinance (Sabah Cap. 158) applies. The Wills Act 1959 and the Wills Ordinance applies to non-Muslims only. [12] Section 2(2) of the Wills Act 1959 states that the Act does not apply to wills of persons professing the religion of Islam. [12]