{"product_id":"2940015517248","title":"The Curiosities \u0026 Law Of Wills","description":"TABLE OF CONTENTS.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  INTRODUCTION                                    9\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  CHAPTER I.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  ORIGIN AND HISTORY OF WILLS                    29\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  CHAPTER II.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  FORM AND REQUISITES OF WILLS                   41\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    SECTION 1. Nuncupative Wills.\u003cbr\u003e            2. Written Wills.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  CHAPTER III.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  TESTAMENTARY CAPACITY                          68\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    SECTION 1. Incapacity as to Age.\u003cbr\u003e            2. Physical or Mental Incapacity.\u003cbr\u003e            3. Senile Dementia.\u003cbr\u003e            4. Coverture.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  CHAPTER IV.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  LEGACIES                                       93\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    SECTION 1. As to their Quality.\u003cbr\u003e            2. Legacies Vested or Contingent.\u003cbr\u003e            3. Conditional Legacies.\u003cbr\u003e            4. Payment of Legacies.\u003cbr\u003e            5. The Person who may take.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  CHAPTER V.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  LIMITS TO TESTAMENTARY DISPOSITION            130\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  CHAPTER VI.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  REVOCATION OF WILLS                           152\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  CHAPTER VII.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  WILLS AS AFFECTED BY DOMICILE                 173\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  CHAPTER VIII.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  CONSTRUCTION OF WILLS                         185\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePREFACE.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt is far from the thoughts of the publishers or the author of this book\u003cbr\u003eto provide a work merely for entertainment; it is hoped the title will not\u003cbr\u003emislead so as to suggest this idea.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhile it is sought to make it entertaining and the style animated, in the\u003cbr\u003eselection of such apt and striking cases as will illustrate and expound\u003cbr\u003ethe principles and rules of law relating to wills, the main idea has been\u003cbr\u003eto make it useful and reliable as a systematic, clear, and concise summary\u003cbr\u003efor the student and lawyer, and interesting to all classes of readers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt is not expected that it will be used as a work of reference on the\u003cbr\u003evarious subjects connected with wills; but it is hoped it will be found so\u003cbr\u003eaccurate and practical as to make it serve advantageously for a manual on\u003cbr\u003ethis subject, so that a careful reading of it will give a correct\u003cbr\u003eknowledge of the law relating to this interesting and important subject.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt could not be expected that, in a work of a somewhat general character,\u003cbr\u003ethe details of the statute law of the several States would be given; but,\u003cbr\u003eas far as practicable, the law has been noticed, so far as it affected\u003cbr\u003ethe formalities of execution, attestation, and proof. Many of the\u003cbr\u003eprinciples of the law relating to wills are of such a general and well\u003cbr\u003eestablished character as to be adapted to every locality, and therefore it\u003cbr\u003eis believed this work will not have a mere local utility. As far as\u003cbr\u003epossible, every effort has been made to have it accurate; that there may\u003cbr\u003ebe some minor inaccuracies is inevitable, but none, it is hoped, of a\u003cbr\u003eserious character.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eINTRODUCTION.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe making of a last will and testament is one of the most solemn acts of\u003cbr\u003ea man's life. Few are so frivolous and indifferent as not to realize the\u003cbr\u003eimportance of an act which is to live after them, and survive long after\u003cbr\u003ethe hand that traced it has mingled with its kindred dust. They feel that,\u003cbr\u003ehowever regardless people have been of their sayings and doings, however\u003cbr\u003etrivial and unimportant have been their acts in the eyes of others, a\u003cbr\u003ecertain attention, respect, and weight will be given to so deliberate and\u003cbr\u003eserious an act as a man's will. They realize, when making it, that they\u003cbr\u003eare exercising one of the highest and most important privileges society\u003cbr\u003ehas granted to the individual--the right to speak and order as to the\u003cbr\u003edisposition of his effects and property after he has ceased to live.\u003cbr\u003eAccordingly, men who have been rudely treated by the world, whose\u003cbr\u003einfirmities and eccentricities have subjected them to its ridicule, whose\u003cbr\u003ewords would command no hearing from their fellow-men, have eagerly availed\u003cbr\u003ethemselves of this last and important opportunity to freely speak their\u003cbr\u003emind, to vent their spleen on ungrateful friends, to deride an unfeeling\u003cbr\u003eworld, and in a cynical manner to express without reserve opinions about\u003cbr\u003epersons and things, which could have no hearing while they lived, but in a\u003cbr\u003elast will and testament will command the attention due to the solemnity\u003cbr\u003eof the occasion. In a word, they take this method to give a parting hit to\u003cbr\u003ean unfriendly and unsympathizing world.","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47069558767856,"sku":"2940015517248","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940015517248","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}