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A holographic will, or olographic testament, [1] is a will and testament which is a holographic document, meaning that it has been entirely handwritten and signed by the testator. Holographic wills have been treated differently by different jurisdictions throughout history.
1 General Provisions, Definitions, and Probate Jurisdiction of Court: Definitions; rules of interpretation; jurisdiction and venue: 2 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 ...
The Uniform Probate Code in the United States carries forward the two witness requirement of the Statute of Wills, at Section 2-502, [1] except that a document is valid as a holographic will, whether or not witnessed, if the signature and material portions of the document are in the testator's handwriting. [2]
Let's add a list that shows which jurisdictions in the U.S. that holographic wills are valid. Serialized 23:54, 6 December 2006 (UTC) Sorry I don't have the skills to offer this more properly - but the information about the validity of holographic wills in Hawaii is based on a secondary source, and is simply wrong - holographic wills CAN be validly written in Hawaii - here's the law: http ...
In Olins v Walters [2009] 2 WLR 1 C.A. [6] the Court of Appeal has held that although it is a necessary condition for mutual wills that there is clear and satisfactory evidence of a contract between the testators, it is a legally sufficient condition that the contract provides, in return for one testator agreeing to make a will in a particular ...
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The requirements for testamentary capacity are minimal. Some courts have held that a person who lacked the capacity to make a contract can nevertheless make a valid will. . While the wording of statutes or judicial rulings will vary from one jurisdiction to another, the test generally requires that the testator was aware
1 autograph 1: something that is written with one's own hand: a: an original handwritten manuscript (as of an author's or composer's work) valuable old ~s of Dickens [p. 147] 1 holograph: a document (as a letter, deed, or will) wholly in the handwriting of the person from whom it proceeds and whose act it purports to be [p. 1081]