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Intestacy is the
condition of the
estate of a
person who dies
without a
legally valid will,
resulting in the
distribution of
their estate under statutory...
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absence of a
legal will, the
estate is
settled according to the laws of
intestacy that
apply in the
state where the
deceased resided at the time of their...
- of
intestacy,
Roman inheritance law had no
concept of
primogeniture and
treated male and
female children equally. However, in most
cases intestacy was...
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under the
terms of the will/rules of
intestacy/declaration of trust/trust deed (UK) or will/rules of
intestacy/'grant or deed of life interest' (or similar)...
- (devolution) of
property not
determined by a will, see
inheritance and
intestacy.
Though it has been
thought a "will"
historically applied only to real...
- of the individual's
estate in the
event of the individual's death. The
intestacy rules sti****te who
inherits automatically (in the
absence of a will);...
- had no heir to
receive his
lands under his will, or
under the laws of
intestacy, then any land he
owned at
death would escheat. This rule has been replaced...
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primogeniture in
cases of
intestacy, and the
northern colonies adopted a
system of
partible inheritance in
cases of
intestacy, with the
eldest son receiving...
-
nomination of an heir
resulted in an
estate divided pursuant to the
rules of
intestacy. However, a
testator was also able to
institute a fideicommissum, a more...
- Act', due to come into
force on 1
January 1926, that
changed the law of
intestacy.
Until 1925, the
estate of a
person dying without a will
always p****ed...
