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Bequests
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BequestsGifts made in a will.
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Will
A will is a legal document in which a person directs how his property is to be distributed after his death. Such documents must be executed in due form and must be duly witnessed.
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Bequeath
A gift of personal property by will.
Bequest
A gift by last will or testament; a legacy.
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Benefit of division
In the civil law, which, in this respect, has been adopted in Louisiana, although, when there are several sureties, each one is bound for the whole debt, yet when one of them is sued alone, he has a right to have the debt apportioned among all the solvent sureties on the same obligation, so that he shall be compelled to pay his own share only.
Benefit of inventory
Civil law. The benefit of inventory is the privilege which the heir obtains of being liable for the charges and debts of the succession, only to the value of the effects of the succession, in causing an inventory of these effects within the time and manner proscribed by law.
Benevolence
1) Duty. The doing a kind action to another, from mere good will, without any legal obligation. 2) English law. An aid given by the subjects to the king under a pretended gratuity, but in realty it was an extortion and imposition.
Bequeath
A gift of personal property by will.
Bequest
A gift by last will or testament; a legacy.
Bequests
Berne convention
An international copyright treaty called the Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works signed at Berne, Switzerland in 1886 (amended several times and as late as 1971) and to which now subscribe 77 nations including all major trading countries including China, with the notable exception of Russia. It is based on the principle of national treatment.
Besaile
Besaile or Besayle. Domestic relations. The grea-grandfather, proavus.
Besayle
Besayle or Besaile. Domestic relations. The grea-grandfather, proavus.
Best evidence
Means the best evideince of which the nature of the case admits, not the highest or strongest evidence which the nature of the thing to be proved admits.
Best interest of the child
A discretionary legal standard that pertains to support, visitation and custody.
RELATED TERMS--------------------------------------
Will
A will is a legal document in which a person directs how his property is to be distributed after his death. Such documents must be executed in due form and must be duly witnessed.
SIMILAR TERMS--------------------------------------
Bequeath
A gift of personal property by will.
Bequest
A gift by last will or testament; a legacy.
PREVIOUS AND NEXT TERMS--------------------------------------
Benefit of division
In the civil law, which, in this respect, has been adopted in Louisiana, although, when there are several sureties, each one is bound for the whole debt, yet when one of them is sued alone, he has a right to have the debt apportioned among all the solvent sureties on the same obligation, so that he shall be compelled to pay his own share only.
Benefit of inventory
Civil law. The benefit of inventory is the privilege which the heir obtains of being liable for the charges and debts of the succession, only to the value of the effects of the succession, in causing an inventory of these effects within the time and manner proscribed by law.
Benevolence
1) Duty. The doing a kind action to another, from mere good will, without any legal obligation. 2) English law. An aid given by the subjects to the king under a pretended gratuity, but in realty it was an extortion and imposition.
Bequeath
A gift of personal property by will.
Bequest
A gift by last will or testament; a legacy.
Bequests
Berne convention
An international copyright treaty called the Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works signed at Berne, Switzerland in 1886 (amended several times and as late as 1971) and to which now subscribe 77 nations including all major trading countries including China, with the notable exception of Russia. It is based on the principle of national treatment.
Besaile
Besaile or Besayle. Domestic relations. The grea-grandfather, proavus.
Besayle
Besayle or Besaile. Domestic relations. The grea-grandfather, proavus.
Best evidence
Means the best evideince of which the nature of the case admits, not the highest or strongest evidence which the nature of the thing to be proved admits.
Best interest of the child
A discretionary legal standard that pertains to support, visitation and custody.
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