joint will

joint will
A single testamentary instrument which contains the wills of two or more persons, is executed jointly by them, and disposes of property owned jointly, in common, or in severalty by them. Anno: 169 ALR 12. See joint and mutual will; mutual wills; reciprocal wills.

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