The law of testaments and last wills : containing all that is necessary to be known and practised by testators and their executors, administrators, &c. As also, what relates to the Distribution of the Estates of Intestates. In the following Particulars. The different Kinds of Testaments and Last Wills: By whom to be made: How to be executed: and, By what Means revocable. What Persons are, or are not, capable of making a Testament. How Lands pass by a Will ; and for what Estates: With the Nature of Devises of all Kinds. The Nature of a Legacy: How it differs from a Donatio Mortis Causà‚, or Gift by Reason of Death: When, and to whom, to be paid: When to be abated or refunded. What relates to Interest and Maintenance: Devises to Charitable Uses, &c. The Customs of London, &c. The Revocation of a Testament, Republication, &c. Who may be an Executor: His Power: How limited: His Duty: Refusal of the Executorship: Probat, &c. What Things the Executor shall have, and what the Heir. The Bona Paraphernalia ; or Wife's Cloaths, Jewels, Ornaments, &c. What shall be Assets, &c. What Debts be first paid, &c. Who shall be an Executor de son tort, or of his own Wrong. How far liable to Creditors and Legatees, &c. To whom, and by whom, Administration shall be committed. The Power of an Administrator durante minori aetate, or during the Infancy of another Person. The Repeal of an Administration: Its Effects, &c. In what Manner an Intestate's Estate shall be distributed, &c. &c. /
by: Richardson, Robert, active 18th century
Published: (1744)
