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Will
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WillA 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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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.
Legal
That which is according to law. It is used in opposition to equitable, as the legal estate is, in the trustee, the equitable estate in the cestui que trust.
Person
This word is applied to men, women and children, who are called natural persons.
Property
Property is commonly thought of as a thing which belongs to someone and over which a person has total control. But, legally, it is more properly defined as a collection of legal rights over a thing. These rights are usually total and fully enforceable by the state or the owner against others. It has been said that "property and law were born and die together. Before laws were made there was no property. Take away laws and property ceases." before laws were written and enforced, property had no relevance. Possession was all that mattered. There are many classifications of property, the most common being between real property or immoveable property (real estate such as land or buildings) and "chattel", or "moveable" (things which are not attached to the land such as a bicycle, a car or a hammer) and between public (property belonging to everybody or to the state) and private property.
Death
Cessation of life; extinction of political existence.
Documents
Evidence. The deeds, agreements, title papers, letters, receipts, and other written instruments used to prove a fact.
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Widowhood
The state of a man whose wife is dead or of a woman whose husband is dead. In general there is no law to regulate the time during whichh a man must remain a widower, or a woman a widow, before they marry a second time. The term widowhood is mostly applied to the state or condition of a widow.
Widow's chamber
English law. In London the apparel of a widow and the furniture of her chamber, left by her deceased husband, is so called, and the widow is entitled to it.
Wife de fait
A wife de facto.
Wild animals
Animals in a state of nature; animals ferae naturae. Ferae naturae.
Wilfully
1) Intentionally. In charging certain offences it is required that they should be stated to be wilfully done. 2) In Pennsylvania it has been decided that the word maliciously was an equivalent for the word wilfully, in an indictment for arson.
Will
Winchester measure
The standard measure originally kept at Winchester, in England.
Winding-up
The process by which a company dies. There are three separate procedures - a members voluntary winding up where a company is solvent, a creditors voluntary winding up for insolvent companies and a compulsory winding up by the court. Once the process starts the company is administered by a liquidator who disposes of all assets, and distributes the remainder to members or creditors. When the process is complete, the company is struck off the Companies Register and ceases to exist.
Window
An opening made in the wall of a house to admit light and air, and to enable those who are in to look out.The owner has a right to make as many windows in his house when not built on the line of his property as he may deem proper, although by so doing be may destroy the privacy of his neighbors.
Wire-tapping
An electronic surveillance device which secretly listens in and records conversations held over a phone line. It is usually only allowed with the permission of a judge and if it can be shown to be necessary for the solving of a serious crime.
Wista
Among the Saxons, this was a measure of land; it contained a half hide, or sixty acres.
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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.
Legal
That which is according to law. It is used in opposition to equitable, as the legal estate is, in the trustee, the equitable estate in the cestui que trust.
Person
This word is applied to men, women and children, who are called natural persons.
Property
Property is commonly thought of as a thing which belongs to someone and over which a person has total control. But, legally, it is more properly defined as a collection of legal rights over a thing. These rights are usually total and fully enforceable by the state or the owner against others. It has been said that "property and law were born and die together. Before laws were made there was no property. Take away laws and property ceases." before laws were written and enforced, property had no relevance. Possession was all that mattered. There are many classifications of property, the most common being between real property or immoveable property (real estate such as land or buildings) and "chattel", or "moveable" (things which are not attached to the land such as a bicycle, a car or a hammer) and between public (property belonging to everybody or to the state) and private property.
Death
Cessation of life; extinction of political existence.
Documents
Evidence. The deeds, agreements, title papers, letters, receipts, and other written instruments used to prove a fact.
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Widowhood
The state of a man whose wife is dead or of a woman whose husband is dead. In general there is no law to regulate the time during whichh a man must remain a widower, or a woman a widow, before they marry a second time. The term widowhood is mostly applied to the state or condition of a widow.
Widow's chamber
English law. In London the apparel of a widow and the furniture of her chamber, left by her deceased husband, is so called, and the widow is entitled to it.
Wife de fait
A wife de facto.
Wild animals
Animals in a state of nature; animals ferae naturae. Ferae naturae.
Wilfully
1) Intentionally. In charging certain offences it is required that they should be stated to be wilfully done. 2) In Pennsylvania it has been decided that the word maliciously was an equivalent for the word wilfully, in an indictment for arson.
Will
Winchester measure
The standard measure originally kept at Winchester, in England.
Winding-up
The process by which a company dies. There are three separate procedures - a members voluntary winding up where a company is solvent, a creditors voluntary winding up for insolvent companies and a compulsory winding up by the court. Once the process starts the company is administered by a liquidator who disposes of all assets, and distributes the remainder to members or creditors. When the process is complete, the company is struck off the Companies Register and ceases to exist.
Window
An opening made in the wall of a house to admit light and air, and to enable those who are in to look out.The owner has a right to make as many windows in his house when not built on the line of his property as he may deem proper, although by so doing be may destroy the privacy of his neighbors.
Wire-tapping
An electronic surveillance device which secretly listens in and records conversations held over a phone line. It is usually only allowed with the permission of a judge and if it can be shown to be necessary for the solving of a serious crime.
Wista
Among the Saxons, this was a measure of land; it contained a half hide, or sixty acres.
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