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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
jurisdiction where the
deceased resided at the time...
- (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
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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Intestacy is
partial when the
deceased has left a
valid will which, however, does not
dispose of all his ****ets; in this
event there is an
intestacy as...
- present, however, the
residuary estate will p**** to the testator's
heirs by
intestacy. At
common law, if the
residuary estate was
divided between two or more...
-
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...
- 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...
- to deal with a
deceased person's
estate where property will p****
under intestacy rules or
where there are no
executors living (and
willing and able to...
