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\par 11 Soldiers and mariners wills \par 12 Wills of seamen \par 13 Publication not to be requisite \par 14 Incompetency of attesting witness \par 15 Gifts to an attesting witness \par 16 Creditor attesting to be admitted a witness \par 17 Executor to be admitted a witness \par 18 Will revoked by marriage \par 19 No will revoked by presumption \par 20 Revocation of will \par 21 Alteration in a will \par 22 Revival of will \par 23 A devise not to be rendered inoperative by}{\f0\insrsid13656527 }{\f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 any subsequent conveyance or act \par 24 A will to speak from the death of the}{\f0\insrsid13656527 }{\f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 testator \par 25 A residuary devise \par 26 A general devise \par 27 A general gift \par 28 A devise without any words of limitation \par 29 The words }{\f0\insrsid13656527 "}{\f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 die without issue,}{\f0\insrsid13656527 "}{\f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 or }{\f0\insrsid13656527 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{\f0\insrsid8607285\charrsid13656527 \par }{\f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 By this Act, it is enacted,}{\f0\insrsid9381072 \par }{\f0\insrsid13656527\charrsid13656527 \par }{\b\f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 1 }{\f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 That the words and expressions hereinafter mentioned, which in their}{\f0\insrsid13656527 }{\f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 ordinary signification have a more confined or a different meaning, shall in this}{\f0\insrsid13656527 }{\f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 Act, except where the nature of the provision or the context of the Act shall exclude}{\f0\insrsid13656527 }{ \f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 such construction, be interpreted as follows; (that is to say,) the word }{\f0\insrsid13656527 "}{\f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 Will}{\f0\insrsid13656527 "}{\f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 shall}{ \f0\insrsid13656527 }{\f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 extend to a testament, and to a codicil, and to an appointment by will or by writing}{\f0\insrsid13656527 }{\f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 in the nature of a will in exercise of a power, and also to a disposition by will and}{\f0\insrsid13656527 }{\f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 testament or devise of the custody and tuition of any child, by virtue of an Act, 12}{\f0\insrsid13656527 }{ \f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 Car. 2. c. 24, intituled, \lquote An Act for taking away the Court of Wards and Liveries,}{\f0\insrsid13656527 }{\f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 and Tenures in capite and by Knights Service, and Purveyance, and for settling a}{\f0\insrsid13656527 }{\f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 Revenue upon His Majesty in lieu thereof,\rquote or by virtue of an Act, 14 & 15 Car. 2}{\f0\insrsid13656527 }{ \f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 (I.), intituled, \lquote An Act for taking away the Court of Wards and Liveries, and Tenures}{\f0\insrsid13656527 }{\f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 in capite and by Knights Service,\rquote and to any other testamentary disposition; and}{\f0\insrsid13656527 }{\f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 the words }{\f0\insrsid13656527 "}{\f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 Real Estate}{\f0\insrsid13656527 "}{\f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 shall extend to manors, advowsons, messuages, lands,}{\f0\insrsid13656527 }{\f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 tithes, rents and hereditaments, whether freehold, customary freehold, tenant right,}{\f0\insrsid13656527 }{ \f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 customary or copyhold, or of any other tenure, and whether corporeal, incorporeal,}{\f0\insrsid13656527 }{\f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 or personal, and to any undivided share thereof, and to any estate, right, or interest}{\f0\insrsid13656527 }{\f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 (other than a chattel interest) therein; and the words }{\f0\insrsid13656527 "}{ \f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 Personal Estates}{\f0\insrsid13656527 "}{\f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 shall 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}{\f0\insrsid13656527 }{\f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 as well as a male.}{\f0\insrsid9381072 \par }{\f0\insrsid13656527\charrsid13656527 \par }{\b\f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 2 }{\f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 [Spent]}{\f0\insrsid9381072 \par }{\f0\insrsid13656527\charrsid13656527 \par }{\b\f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 3 }{\f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 That it shall be lawful for every person to devise, bequeath, or dispose of,}{\f0\insrsid13656527 }{\f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 by his will ex ecuted in manner hereinafter required, all real estate and all personal}{\f0\insrsid13656527 }{\f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 estate which he shall be entitled to, either at law or in equity, at the time of his}{\f0\insrsid13656527 }{ \f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 death, and which if not so devised, bequeathed, or disposed of would devolve}{\f0\insrsid13656527 }{\f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 upon the heir at law, or customary heir of him or, if he became entitled by descent,}{\f0\insrsid13656527 }{\f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 of his ancestor, or upon his executor or administrator; and that the power hereby}{\f0\insrsid13656527 }{ \f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 given shall extend to all real estate of the nature of customary freehold or tenant}{\f0\insrsid13656527 }{\f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 right, or customary or copy hold, notwithstanding that the testator may not have}{\f0\insrsid13656527 }{\f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 surrendered the same to the use of his will, or notwithstanding that, being entitled}{\f0\insrsid13656527 }{ \f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 as heir, devisee, or otherwise to be admitted thereto, he shall not have been admitted}{\f0\insrsid13656527 }{\f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 thereto, or notwithstanding tha t the same, in consequence of the want of a custom}{\f0\insrsid13656527 }{\f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 to devise or surrender to the use of a will or 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the}{\f0\insrsid13656527 }{\f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 manor of which the same is holden, have been surrendered to the use of a will,}{\f0\insrsid13656527 }{ \f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 and the testator shall not have surrendered the same to the use of his will, no}{\f0\insrsid13656527 }{\f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 person entitled or claiming to be entitled thereto by virtue of such will shall be}{\f0\insrsid13656527 }{\f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 entitled to be admitted, except upon payment of all such stamp duties, fees, and}{\f0\insrsid13656527 }{ \f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 sums of money as would have been lawfully due and payable in respect of the}{\f0\insrsid13656527 }{\f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 surrendering of such real estate to the use of the will, or in respect of presenting,}{\f0\insrsid13656527 }{\f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 registering, or enrolling such surrender, if the same real estate had been surrendered}{\f0\insrsid13656527 }{\f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 to the use of the will of such testator: Provided also that where the testator was}{\f0\insrsid13656527 }{\f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 entitled to have been admitted to such real estate, and might, if he had been}{\f0\insrsid13656527 }{\f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 admitted *hereto, have surrendered the same to the use of his will, and shall not}{\f0\insrsid13656527 }{ \f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 have been admitted thereto, no person entitled to claiming to be entitled to such}{\f0\insrsid13656527 }{\f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 real estate in consequence of such will shall be entitled to be admitted to the same}{\f0\insrsid13656527 }{\f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 real estate by virtue thereof, except on payment of all such stamp duties, fees,}{\f0\insrsid13656527 }{ \f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 fine, and sums of money as would have been lawfully due and payable in respect}{\f0\insrsid13656527 }{\f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 of the admittance of such testator to such real estate, and also of all such stamp}{\f0\insrsid13656527 }{\f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 duties, fees, and sums of money as would have been lawfully due and payable in}{\f0\insrsid13656527 }{ \f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 respect of surrendering such real estate to the use of the will, or of presenting,}{\f0\insrsid13656527 }{\f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 registering, or enrolling such surrender, had the testator been duly admitted to}{\f0\insrsid13656527 }{\f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 such real estate, and afterwards surrendered the same to the use of his will; all}{\f0\insrsid13656527 }{ \f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 which stamp duties, fees, fine, or sums of money due as aforesaid shall be paid in}{\f0\insrsid13656527 }{\f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 addition to the stamp duties, fees, fine, or sums of money due or payable on }{\f0\insrsid2052836\charrsid13656527 the admittance}{\f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 of such person, so entitled or claiming to be entitled to the same real}{ \f0\insrsid13656527 }{\f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 estate as aforesaid. \par }{\b\f0\insrsid13656527 \par }{\b\f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 5 }{\f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 That when any real estate of the nature of customary freehold or tenant}{\f0\insrsid13656527 }{\f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 right, or customary or copyhold, shall be disposed of by the will, the lord of the}{\f0\insrsid13656527 }{\f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 manor or reputed manor of which such real estate is holden, or his steward, or the}{\f0\insrsid13656527 }{ \f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 deputy of such steward, shall cause the will by which such disposition shall be}{\f0\insrsid13656527 }{\f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 made, or so much thereof as shall contain the disposition of such real estate, to be}{\f0\insrsid13656527 }{\f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 entered on the court rolls of such manor or reputed manor; and when any trusts}{\f0\insrsid13656527 }{ \f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 are declared by the will of such real estate, it shall not be necessary to enter the}{\f0\insrsid13656527 }{\f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 declaration of such trusts; but it shall be sufficient to state in the entry on the court}{\f0\insrsid13656527 }{\f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 rolls that such real estate is subject to the trusts declared by such will; and when}{ \f0\insrsid13656527 }{\f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 any such real estate could not have been disposed of by will if this Act had not}{\f0\insrsid13656527 }{\f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 been made, the same fine, heriot, dues, duties, and services shall be paid and}{\f0\insrsid13656527 }{\f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 rendered by the devisee as would have been due from the customary heir in case}{\f0\insrsid13656527 }{ \f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 of the descent of the same real estate, and the lord shall as against the devisee of}{\f0\insrsid13656527 }{\f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 such estate have the same remedy for recovering and enforcing such fine, heriot}{\f0\insrsid13656527 }{\f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 dues, duties, and services as he is now entitled to for recovering and enforcing the}{\f0\insrsid13656527 }{ \f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 same from or against the customary heir in case of a descent. \par }{\b\f0\insrsid13656527 \par }{\b\f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 6 }{\f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 That if no disposition by will shall be made of any estate }{\i\f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 pur autre vie }{\f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 of a}{ \f0\insrsid13656527 }{\f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 freehold nature, the same shall be chargeable in the hands of the heir, if it shall}{\f0\insrsid13656527 }{\f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 come to him by reason of special occupancy, as assets by descent, as in the case of}{\f0\insrsid13656527 }{\f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 freehold land in fee simple; and in case there shall be no special occupant of any}{\f0\insrsid13656527 }{ \f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 estate }{\i\f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 pur autre vie}{\f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 , whether freehold or customary freehold, tenant right, customary}{\f0\insrsid13656527 }{ \f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 or copyhold, or of any other tenure, and whether a corporeal or incorporeal}{\f0\insrsid13656527 }{\f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 hered itament, it shall go to the executor or administrator of the party that had the}{\f0\insrsid13656527 }{\f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 estate thereof by virtue of the grant; and if the same shall come to the executor or}{\f0\insrsid13656527 }{ \f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 administrator either by reason of a special occupancy or by virtue of this Act, it}{\f0\insrsid13656527 }{\f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 shall be assets in his hands, and shall go and be applied and distributed in the}{\f0\insrsid13656527 }{\f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 same manner as the personal estate of the testator or intestate.}{\f0\insrsid9381072 \par }{\f0\insrsid13656527\charrsid13656527 \par }{\b\f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 7 }{\f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 That no will made by any person under twenty-one years shall be valid. \par }{\b\f0\insrsid13656527 \par }{\b\f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 8 }{\f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 Provided also, That no will made by any married woman shall be valid,}{\f0\insrsid13656527 }{\f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 except such a will as might have been made by a married woman before the passing}{\f0\insrsid13656527 }{\f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 of this Act. \par }{\f0\insrsid13656527 \par }{\b\f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 9 }{\f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 That no will shall be valid unless it shall be in writing and executed in}{\f0\insrsid13656527 }{\f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 manner hereinaf ter mentioned; (that is to say,) it shall be signed at the foot or end}{\f0\insrsid13656527 }{\f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 thereof by the testator, or by some other person in his presence and by his direction;}{\f0\insrsid13656527 }{ \f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 and such signature shall be made or acknowledged by the testator in the presence}{\f0\insrsid13656527 }{\f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 of two or more wi tnesses present at the same time, and such witnesses shall attest}{\f0\insrsid13656527 }{\f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 and shall subscribe the will in the presence of the testator, but no form of attestation}{\f0\insrsid13656527 }{ \f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 shall be necessary.}{\f0\insrsid9381072 \par }{\f0\insrsid13656527\charrsid13656527 \par }{\b\f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 10 }{\f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 That no appointment made by will, in exercise of any power, shall be valid,}{\f0\insrsid13656527 }{\f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 u nless the same be executed in manner hereinbefore required; and every will}{\f0\insrsid13656527 }{\f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 executed in manner hereinbefore required shall, so far as respects the execution}{\f0\insrsid13656527 }{ \f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 and attestation thereof, be a valid execution of a power of appointment by will,}{\f0\insrsid13656527 }{\f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 notwithstanding it shall have been expressly required that a will made in exercise}{\f0\insrsid13656527 }{\f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 of such power should be executed with some additional or other form of execution}{\f0\insrsid13656527 }{ \f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 or solemnity.}{\f0\insrsid9381072 \par }{\f0\insrsid13656527\charrsid13656527 \par }{\b\f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 11 }{\f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 Provided always, That any soldier being in actual military service, or any}{\f0\insrsid13656527 }{\f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 mariner or seamen being at sea, may dispose of his personal estate as he might}{\f0\insrsid13656527 }{\f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 have done before the making of this Act. \par }{\b\f0\insrsid13656527 \par }{\b\f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 12 }{\f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 That this Act shall not prejudice or affect any of the provisions contained in}{\f0\insrsid13656527 }{\f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 an Act intituled, \lquote An Act to amend and consolidate the Laws relating to the Pay of}{\f0\insrsid13656527 }{\f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 the Royal Navy,\rquote respecting the wills of petty officers and seamen in the Royal}{\f0\insrsid13656527 }{ \f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 Navy, and non-commissioned officers of marines, and marines, so far as relates to}{\f0\insrsid13656527 }{\f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 their wages, pay, prize money, bounty money, and allowances, or other monies} {\f0\insrsid13656527 }{\f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 payable in respect of services in Her Majesty\rquote s Navy. \par }{\b\f0\insrsid13656527 \par }{\b\f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 13 }{\f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 That every will executed in manner hereinbefore required shall be valid}{\f0\insrsid13656527 }{\f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 without any other publication thereof. \par }{\b\f0\insrsid13656527 \par }{\b\f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 14 }{\f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 That if any person who shall attest the execution of a will shall at the time}{\f0\insrsid13656527 }{\f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 of the execution thereof, or at any time afterwards, be incompetent to be admitted}{\f0\insrsid13656527 }{\f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 a witness to prove the execution thereof, such will shall not on that account be}{\f0\insrsid13656527 }{ \f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 invalid. \par }{\b\f0\insrsid13656527 \par }{\b\f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 15 }{\f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 That if any person who shall attest the execution of any will to whom or to}{\f0\insrsid13656527 }{\f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 whose wife or husband any beneficial devise, legacy, estate, interest, gift or}{\f0\insrsid13656527 }{\f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 appointment, of or affecting any real or personal estate (other than and except}{\f0\insrsid13656527 }{ \f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 charges and directions for the payment of any debt or debts), shall be thereby}{\f0\insrsid13656527 }{\f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 given or made, such devise, legacy, estate, interest, gift, or appointment shall, so}{\f0\insrsid13656527 }{\f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 far only as concerns such person attesting the execution of such will, or the wife}{\f0\insrsid13656527 }{ \f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 or husband of such person, or any person claiming under such person or wife or}{\f0\insrsid13656527 }{\f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 husband, be utterly null and void, and such person so attesting shall be admitted}{\f0\insrsid13656527 }{\f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 as a witness to prove the execution of such will, or to prove the validity or invalidity}{\f0\insrsid13656527 }{ \f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 thereof, notwithstanding such devise, legacy, estate, interest, gift, or appointment}{\f0\insrsid13656527 }{\f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 mentioned in such will. \par }{\b\f0\insrsid13656527 \par }{\b\f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 16 }{\f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 That in case by any will any real or personal estate shall be charged with}{\f0\insrsid13656527 }{\f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 any debt or debts, and any creditor, or the wife or husband of any creditor, whose}{\f0\insrsid13656527 }{\f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 debt is so charged, shall attest the execution of such will, such creditor}{\f0\insrsid13656527 }{ \f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 notwithstanding such charge shall be admitted a witness to prove the execution}{\f0\insrsid13656527 }{\f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 of such will, or to prove the validity or invalidity thereof. \par }{\i\f0\insrsid13656527 \par }{\b\f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 17 }{\f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 That no person shall, on account of his being an executor of a will, be}{\f0\insrsid13656527 }{\f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 incompetent to be admitted a witness to prove the execution of such will, or a}{\f0\insrsid13656527 }{\f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 witness to prove the validity or invalidity thereof. \par }{\b\f0\insrsid13656527 \par }{\b\f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 18 }{\f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 That every will made by a man or woman shall be revoked by his or her}{\f0\insrsid13656527 }{\f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 marriage (except a will made in exe rcise of a power of appointment, when the}{\f0\insrsid13656527 }{\f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 real or personal estate thereby appointed would not in default of such appointment}{\f0\insrsid13656527 }{\f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 pass to his or her heir, customary heir, executor, or administrator, or the person}{\f0\insrsid13656527 }{\f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 entitled as his or her next of kin, under the Statute of Distributions). \par }{\b\f0\insrsid13656527 \par }{\b\f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 19 }{\f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 That no will shall be revoked by any presumption of an intention on the}{\f0\insrsid13656527 }{\f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 ground of an alteration in circumstances. \par }{\b\f0\insrsid13656527 \par }{\b\f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 20 }{\f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 That no will or codicil, or any part thereof, shall be revoked otherwise than}{\f0\insrsid13656527 }{\f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 as aforesaid, or by another wil l or codicil executed in manner hereinbefore required,}{\f0\insrsid13656527 }{\f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 or by some writing declaring an intention to revoke the same, and executed in the}{\f0\insrsid13656527 }{ \f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 manner in which a will is hereinbefore required to be executed, or by the burning,}{\f0\insrsid13656527 }{\f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 tearing, or otherwise destroying the same by the testator, or by some person in his}{\f0\insrsid13656527 }{\f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 presence and by his direction, with the intention of revoking the same. \par }{\b\f0\insrsid13656527 \par }{\b\f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 21 }{\f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 That no obliteration, interlineation or other alteration made in any will}{\f0\insrsid13656527 }{\f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 after the execution thereof shall be valid or have any effect, except so far as the}{\f0\insrsid13656527 }{\f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 words or effect of the will before such alteration shall not be apparent, unless }{ \f0\insrsid2052836\charrsid13656527 such alteration}{\f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 shall be executed in like manner as is hereinbefore required for the}{\f0\insrsid13656527 }{\f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 execut ion of the will; but the will, with such alteration as part thereof, shall be}{\f0\insrsid13656527 }{\f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 deemed to be duly executed if the signature of the testator and the subscription of}{\f0\insrsid13656527 }{ \f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 the witnesses be made in the margin or on some other part of the will opposite or}{\f0\insrsid13656527 }{\f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 near to such alteration, or at the foot or end of or opposite to a memorandum }{\f0\insrsid13656527 }{\f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 referring to such alteration, and written at the end or some other part of the will. \par }{\b\f0\insrsid13656527 \par }{\b\f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 22 }{\f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 That no will or codicil, or any part thereof, which shall be in any manner}{\f0\insrsid13656527 }{\f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 revoked, shall be revived otherwise than by the re-execution thereof, or by a codicil}{\f0\insrsid13656527 }{\f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 executed in manner hereinbefore required, and shewing an intention to revive the}{\f0\insrsid13656527 }{ \f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 same; and when any will or codicil which shall be partly revoked, and afterwards}{\f0\insrsid13656527 }{\f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 wholly revoked, shall be revived, such revival shall not extend to so much thereof}{\f0\insrsid13656527 }{\f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 as shall have been revoked before the revocation of the whole thereof, unless an}{\f0\insrsid13656527 }{\f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 intention to the contrary shall be shewn. \par }{\b\f0\insrsid13656527 \par }{\b\f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 23 }{\f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 That no conveyance or other act made or done subsequently to the execution}{\f0\insrsid13656527 }{\f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 of a will of or relating to any real or personal estate therein comprised, except an}{\f0\insrsid13656527 }{\f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 act by which such will shall be revoked as aforesaid, shall prevent the operation}{\f0\insrsid13656527 }{ \f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 of the will with respect to such estate or interest in such real or personal estate as}{\f0\insrsid13656527 }{\f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 the tes tator shall have power to dispose of by will at the time of his death. \par }{\b\f0\insrsid13656527 \par }{\b\f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 24 }{\f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 That every will shall be construed, with reference to the real estate and}{\f0\insrsid13656527 }{\f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 personal estate comprised in it, to speak and take effect as if it had been executed}{\f0\insrsid13656527 }{\f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 immediately before the death of the testator, unless a contrary intention shall appear}{\f0\insrsid13656527 } {\f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 by the will. \par }{\f0\insrsid13656527 \par }{\b\f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 25 }{\f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 That, unless a contrary intention shall appear by the will, such real estate}{\f0\insrsid13656527 }{\f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 or interest therein as shall be comprised or intended to be comprised in any devise}{\f0\insrsid13656527 }{\f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 in such will contained, which shall fail or be void by reason of the death of the}{\f0\insrsid13656527 }{ \f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 devisee in the lifetime of the testator, or by reason of such devise being contrary to}{\f0\insrsid13656527 }{\f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 law or otherwise incapable of taking effect, shall be included in the residuary}{\f0\insrsid13656527 }{\f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 devise (if any) contained in such will. \par }{\b\f0\insrsid13656527 \par }{\b\f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 26 }{\f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 That a devise of the land of the testator, or of the land of the testator in any}{\f0\insrsid13656527 }{\f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 place or in the occupation of any person mentioned in his will, or otherwise}{\f0\insrsid13656527 }{\f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 described in a general manner, and any other general devise which would describe}{\f0\insrsid13656527 }{ \f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 a customary, copyhold, or leasehold estate if the testator had no freehold estate}{\f0\insrsid13656527 }{\f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 which could be described by it, shall be construed to include the customary,} {\f0\insrsid13656527 }{\f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 copyhold, and leasehold estates of the testator, or his customary, copyhold and}{\f0\insrsid13656527 }{\f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 leasehold estates, or any of them, to which such description shall extend, as the}{\f0\insrsid13656527 }{\f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 case may be, as well as freehold estates, unless a contrary intention shall appear}{\f0\insrsid13656527 }{ \f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 by the will. \par }{\b\f0\insrsid13656527 \par }{\b\f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 27 }{\f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 That a general devise of the real estate of the testator, or of the real estate of}{\f0\insrsid13656527 }{\f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 the testator in any place or in the occupation of any person mentioned in his will,}{\f0\insrsid13656527 }{\f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 or otherwise described in a general manner, shall be construed to include any real}{\f0\insrsid13656527 }{ \f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 estate, or any real estate to which such description shall extend (as the case may}{\f0\insrsid13656527 }{\f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 be), which he may have power to appoint in any manner he may think proper,}{ \f0\insrsid13656527 }{\f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 and shall operate as an execution of such power, unless a contrary intention shall}{\f0\insrsid13656527 }{\f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 appear by the w ill; and in like manner a bequest of the personal estate of the}{\f0\insrsid13656527 }{\f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 testator, or any bequest of personal property described in a general manner, shall}{\f0\insrsid13656527 }{ \f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 be construed to include any personal estate, or any personal estate to which such}{\f0\insrsid13656527 }{\f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 description shall extend (a s the case may be), which he may have power to appoint}{\f0\insrsid13656527 }{\f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 in any manner he may think proper, and shall operate as an execution of such}{\f0\insrsid13656527 }{\f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 power, unless a contrary intention shall appear by the will.}{\f0\insrsid9381072 \par }{\f0\insrsid13656527\charrsid13656527 \par }{\b\f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 28 }{\f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 That where any real estate shall be devised to any person without any words}{\f0\insrsid13656527 }{\f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 of limitation, such devise shall be construed to pass the fee simple, or other the}{\f0\insrsid13656527 }{\f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 whole estate or interest which the testator had power to dispose of by will in such}{\f0\insrsid13656527 }{ \f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 real estate, unless a contrary intention shall appear by the will. \par }{\b\f0\insrsid13656527 \par }{\b\f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 29 }{\f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 That in any devise or bequest of real or personal estate the words }{\f0\insrsid13656527 "}{\f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 die}{\f0\insrsid13656527 }{ \f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 without issue,}{\f0\insrsid13656527 "}{\f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 or }{\f0\insrsid13656527 "}{\f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 die without leaving issue,}{\f0\insrsid13656527 "}{ \f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 or }{\f0\insrsid13656527 "}{\f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 have no issue,}{\f0\insrsid13656527 "}{\f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 or any other}{\f0\insrsid13656527 }{\f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 words which may import either a want or failure of issue of any person in }{\f0\insrsid2052836\charrsid13656527 his lifetime}{\f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 or at the time of his death, or an indefinite failure of his issue, shall be}{ \f0\insrsid13656527 }{\f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 construed to mean a want or failure of issue in the lifetime or at the time of the}{\f0\insrsid13656527 }{\f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 death of such person, and not an indefinite failure of his issue, unless a contrary}{\f0\insrsid13656527 }{\f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 intention shall appear by the will, by reason of such person having a prior }{ \f0\insrsid13656527\charrsid13656527 estate tail}{\f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 , or of a preceding gift, being, without any implication arising from such words,}{\f0\insrsid13656527 }{\f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 a limitation of an estate tail to such person or issue, or otherwise: Provided, that}{\f0\insrsid13656527 }{\f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 this Act shall not extend to cases where such words as aforesaid import if no issue}{\f0\insrsid13656527 }{ \f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 described in a preceding gift shall be born, or if there shall be no issue who shall}{\f0\insrsid13656527 }{\f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 live to attain the age or otherwise answer the description required for obtaining a}{\f0\insrsid13656527 }{\f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 vested estate by a preceding gift to such issue. \par }{\i\f0\insrsid13656527 \par }{\b\f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 30 }{\f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 That where any real estate (other than or not being a presentation to a}{\f0\insrsid13656527 }{\f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 church) shall be devised to any trustee or executor, such devise shall be construed}{\f0\insrsid13656527 }{\f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 to pass the fee simple or other the whole estate or interest which the testator had}{\f0\insrsid13656527 }{ \f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 power to dispose of by will in such real estate, unless a definite term of }{\f0\insrsid2052836\charrsid13656527 years, absolute}{\f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 or determinable, or an estate of freehold, shall thereby be given to him}{\f0\insrsid13656527 }{\f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 expressly or by implication. \par }{\b\f0\insrsid13656527 \par }{\b\f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 31 }{\f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 That where any real estate shall be devised to a trustee, without any express}{\f0\insrsid13656527 }{\f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 limitation of the estate to be taken by such trustee, and the beneficial interest in}{\f0\insrsid13656527 }{\f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 such real estate, or in the surplus rents and profits thereof, shall not be given to}{\f0\insrsid13656527 }{ \f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 any person for life, or such beneficial interest shall be given to any person for life,}{\f0\insrsid13656527 }{\f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 but the purposes of the trust may continue beyond the life of such person, such}{\f0\insrsid13656527 }{\f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 devise shall be construed to vest in such trustee the fee simple, or other the whole}{\f0\insrsid13656527 }{ \f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 legal estate which the testator had power to dispose of by will in such real estate,}{\f0\insrsid13656527 }{\f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 and not an estate determinable when the purposes of the trust shall be satisfied. \par }{\b\f0\insrsid13656527 \par }{\b\f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 32 }{\f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 That where any person to whom any real estate shall be devised for an}{\f0\insrsid13656527 }{\f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 estate tail or an estate in quasi entail shall die in the lifetime of the testator leaving}{\f0\insrsid13656527 }{\f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 issue who would be inheritable under such entail, and any such issue shall be}{\f0\insrsid13656527 }{ \f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 living at the time of the death of the testator, such devise shall not lapse, but shall}{\f0\insrsid13656527 }{\f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 take effect as if the death of such person had happe ned immediately after the}{\f0\insrsid13656527 }{\f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 death of the testator, unless a contrary intention shall appear by the will. \par }{\b\f0\insrsid13656527 \par }{\b\f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 33 }{\f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 That where any person being a child or other issue of the testator to whom}{\f0\insrsid13656527 }{\f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 any real or personal estate shall be devised or bequeathed for any estate or interest}{\f0\insrsid13656527 }{\f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 not determinable at or before the death of such person shall die in the lifetime of}{\f0\insrsid13656527 }{ \f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 the testator leaving issue, and any such issue of such person shall be living at the}{\f0\insrsid13656527 }{\f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 t ime of death of the testator, such devise or bequest shall not lapse, but shall take}{\f0\insrsid13656527 }{\f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 effect as if the death of such person had happened immediately after the death of}{\f0\insrsid13656527 }{ \f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 the testator, unless a contrary intention shall appear by the will.}{\f0\insrsid9381072 \par }{\f0\insrsid13656527\charrsid13656527 \par }{\b\f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 34-36 }{\f0\insrsid9381072\charrsid13656527 \endash }{\f0\insrsid11087364\charrsid13656527 \par }}