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Interpretation of Testamentary Documents


ISBN13: 9780409348880
Published: March 2019
Publisher: LexisNexis Australia
Country of Publication: Australia
Format: Paperback
Price: £150.00



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Interpretation of Testamentary Documents is a practical and accessible guide for legal practitioners on matters where the testator’s intention is not made clear. With uncertainty possibly infecting the property the subject of succession, the persons who may take that property, or the shares to be taken by those persons, this text provides an invaluable resource for practitioners requiring guidance on these matters.

Features

  • Essential reference for all practitioners engaged in estates law
  • Clear and practical guide
  • Multi-jurisdictional
  • Highly esteemed author

Subjects:
Other Jurisdictions , Australia
Contents:
Part I Principles
1. Nature of Testamentary Interpretation
2. Approaching the Process of Interpretation
3. Rules of Interpretation (‘Construction’)

Part II Property
4. Scope of Testamentary Property
5. Identifying Testamentary Property
6. Interpreting Terms Relating to Property

Part III Persons
7. Interpreting Gifts to Persons by Description
8. Class gifts

Part IV Portions
9. Legacies
10. Gifts of Income
11. Conditional Testamentary Gifts
12. Shared Testamentary Gifts
13. Absolute and Limited Interests
14. Vested and Contingent Testamentary Gifts
15. Testamentary Options
16. Personal Representatives’ Powers
17. Residuary Gifts
18. Failure of Gift