- relative revocation
- See dependent relative revocation.
Ballentine's law dictionary. Anderson, W.S.. 1998.
relative revocation
Look at other dictionaries:
dependent relative revocation — n: a doctrine holding that if the destruction, cancellation, or revocation of a will is dependent on the making of a new will which is not made or is found to be invalid then the original will is still in effect Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of… … Law dictionary
revocation — rev·o·ca·tion /ˌre və kā shən/ n: an act or instance of revoking Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. revocation … Law dictionary
relative — rel·a·tive adj 1: not absolute 2 in the civil law of Louisiana: having or allowing some legal effect a relative impediment a relative simulation see also relative nullity at nullity … Law dictionary
dependent relative revocation — The doctrine which regards as mutually dependent the acts of one destroying a will and thereupon substituting another instrument for distribution of estate, when both acts are result of one plan, so that, if second act, through incompleteness or… … Black's law dictionary
dependent relative revocation — The doctrine which regards as mutually dependent the acts of one destroying a will and thereupon substituting another instrument for distribution of estate, when both acts are result of one plan, so that, if second act, through incompleteness or… … Black's law dictionary
dependent relative revocation — The doctrine that if a testator revoke a will with a present intention to make a new will as a substitute for the old, and the new will is not made, or if made fails of effect for some reason, it will be presumed that the testator preferred the… … Ballentine's law dictionary
revocation of will — The annulment of a will, making it speak for nought in whole or in part, by a clause in a later valid will by an inconsistent disposition of property in a later valid will or codicil, or by tearing, cutting, burning, obliterating, erasing and… … Ballentine's law dictionary
conditional revocation — See dependent relative revocation … Ballentine's law dictionary
provisional revocation — See dependent relative revocation … Ballentine's law dictionary
Will (law) — Last Will redirects here. For the 2011 film, see Last Will (film). Wills, trusts … Wikipedia
