- renunciation of will
- See renunication by surviving spouse; renunciation of legacy or devise.
Ballentine's law dictionary. Anderson, W.S.. 1998.
renunciation of will
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renunciation — The act by which a person abandons a right acquired without transferring it to another. The Model Penal Code (No. 5.01(4)) recognizes renunciation of criminal purpose (e.g., abandonment of effort to commit crime) as an affirmative defense. See… … Black's law dictionary
renunciation by surviving spouse — A refusal of dower or statutory share of a surviving spouse in the estate of a decedent in order to take under his or her will; a rejection of provisions of a will in order to take dower or the statutory share of a surviving spouse. 25 Am J2d Dow … Ballentine's law dictionary
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