The Indian Succession Act, 1865 (Act X of 1865): With a Commentary, and the Parsee Succession Act, 1865, Acts XII and XIII of 1855, and the Acts Relating to the Administrator General, with Notes, Part 38 |
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A's death adeemed Ademption amount annexed annuity apply appointed assets attesting Beav benefit bequest British India brother child clause Codicil condition consanguinity contingent Coote creditor debts deceased deceased's died intestate direction District Judge domicile election England English law entitled evidence executed executor or administrator Exors fund is bequeathed gift Government grant of probate Hawk High Court Hindú husband Illustrations Indian Act interest intestacy intestate has left intestate's Jarm kindred L. J. Prob lands leaving letters of adminis letters of administration liable lifetime limited lineal descendants Lord marriage married ment moveable property nistration paid Parsee payment probate or letters promissory notes receive refund residuary legatee residue respect revocation revoked rule rupees Section securities share shew specific legacy specifically bequeathed Sultanpur take effect testamentary testator testator's death thereof thing bequeathed tion tration trust unless vested void widow wife witnesses words
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Page 57 - And be it further enacted, that every will shall be construed, with reference to the real estate and personal estate comprised in it, to speak and take effect as if it had been executed immediately before the death of the testator, unless a contrary intention shall appear by the will.
Page 208 - ... whensoever the death of a person shall be caused by wrongful act, neglect, or default, and the act, neglect, or default is such as would (if death had not ensued) have entitled the party injured to maintain an action and recover damages in respect thereof, then and in every such case the person who would have been liable if death had not ensued shall be liable to an action for damages, notwithstanding the death of the person injured, and although the death shall have been caused under such circumstances...
Page 42 - ... or by the burning, tearing, or otherwise destroying the same by the testator, or by some person in his presence and by his direction, with the intention of revoking the same.
Page 31 - ... at. or after, or following, or under, or beside, or opposite to the end of the will, that it shall be apparent on the face of the will that the testator intended to give effect, D by such his signature, to the writing signed as his will...
Page 36 - ... shall, so far only as concerns such person attesting the execution of such will, or the wife or husband of such person, or any person claiming under such person or wife or husband, be utterly null and void...
Page 38 - That no Will or Codicil, or any Part thereof, shall be revoked otherwise than as aforesaid, or by another Will or Codicil executed in manner herein-before required, or by some Writing declaring an Intention to revoke the same, and executed in the Manner in which a Will is hereinbefore required to be executed...
Page 209 - That the following words and expressions are 15 intended to have the meanings hereby assigned to them respectively, so far as such meanings are not excluded by the context or by the nature of the...
Page 76 - Bequest shall not lapse, but shall take effect as if the Death of such Person had happened immediately after the Death of the Testator, unless a contrary Intention shall appear by the Will.
Page 208 - ... in every such action, the jury may give such damages as they may think proportioned to the injury resulting from such death to the parties respectively, for whom and for whose benefit such action shall be brought...
Page 208 - Whereas no action at law is now maintainable against a person who by his wrongful act, neglect, or default may have caused the death of another person, and it is oftentimes right and expedient that the wrongdoer in such case should be answerable in damages for the injury so caused by him...