testator's intention

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• intention — in·ten·tion /in ten chən/ n: something intended: intent the intention of the testator ◇ Intent is more commonly used than intention when speaking technically esp. about the criminal and tort concepts of intent (senses 1a and 1b). Merriam… …   Law dictionary

• intention of testator — The intention manifested in the terms of the will, not necessarily the intention existing in the mind of the testator. Yeates v Yeates, 179 Ark 543, 16 SW2d 996, 65 ALR 466 …   Ballentine's law dictionary

• frustration of ancestral or testamentary intention — The violation by heir, devisee, or legatee of a promise to the testator to hold an inheritance, device, or legacy, for another or to give it to another, upon which the testator relied in the making or changing of his will in order to favor such… …   Ballentine's law dictionary

• WILLS — (Heb. צַוָּאָה). A will is a person s disposition of his property in favor of another in such manner that the testator retains the property or his rights to it until his death. There are three different forms of wills, each governed by different… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• testamentary intent — n. A testator’s true intention in writing a will or naming a recipient of property. The Essential Law Dictionary. Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. Amy Hackney Blackwell. 2008. testamentary intent …   Law dictionary

• devise — A testamentary gift of real estate. 57 Am J1st Wills § 1399. Sometimes used loosely to include a testamentary gift of either personalty or real estate, but by the weight of authority, when used in a statute, the word is to be given its technical… …   Ballentine's law dictionary

• child — n pl chil·dren 1: a son or daughter of any age and usu. including one formally adopted compare issue ◇ The word child as used in a statute or will is often held to include a stepchild, an illegitimate child, a person for whom one stands in loco… …   Law dictionary

• equitable doctrine of approximation — This doctrine differs from cy pres doctrine in purpose and application. The last mentioned doctrine applies where an apparent charitable intention has failed, whether by an incomplete disposition at the outset or by subsequent inadequacy of the… …   Black's law dictionary

• equitable doctrine of approximation — This doctrine differs from cy pres doctrine in purpose and application. The last mentioned doctrine applies where an apparent charitable intention has failed, whether by an incomplete disposition at the outset or by subsequent inadequacy of the… …   Black's law dictionary

• intentio caeca mala — /intensh(iy)ow siyka masb/ A blind or obscure meaning is bad or ineffectual. Said of a testator s intention …   Black's law dictionary

• intentio caeca mala — /intensh(iy)ow siyka masb/ A blind or obscure meaning is bad or ineffectual. Said of a testator s intention …   Black's law dictionary