Williams on wills / Sir William James Williams.

London : Butterworths, 2002.

8th ed. by Christopher Henry Sherrin et al.

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Wills -- Great Britain.

Vol 1. The Law of wills: Part A. Nature of wills: 1. Nature of a will

2. Joint and mutual wills

3. Contracts relating to wills

Part B. Capacity and disposing intent: 4. Testamentary capacity

5. Knowledge and approval

6. Rectification

Part C. What dispositions may be made: 7. What may be disposed of by will

8. Interests which may be created by will

9. Who may benefit under a will

Part D. Form of will and execution: 10. Form of will

11. Signature

12. Attestation

13. Witness

14. Alterations, interlineations and erasures

15. Incorporation of unattested documents

16. Wills of soldiers, sailors and airmen

Part E. Revocation, republication and revival of wills: 17. Revocation by marriage

18. Voluntary revocation

19. Conditional revocation and dependent relative revocation

20. Codicils

21. Revival

22. Republication

Part F. Wills with foreign element: 23. Form of wills where foreign property or domicile is involved

24. Wills with a foreign element: essential validity and construction and exercise of powers of appointment

Part G. Executors, trustees and guardians: 25. Executors

26. Special administrators for settled land

27. Trustees

28. Appointment of guardians

Part H. Contents of wills: 29. Appropriation

30. Legacies

31. Abatement and refunding of legacies

32. Interests and income on legacies

33. Annuities

34. Conditions generally

35. Particular conditions

36. Secret trusts

37. Conversion

38. Residuary gifts

39. Exercise of powers by will

40. Powers of appointment - miscellaneous matters affecting the exercise of the power

Part I. Failure of gifts: 41. Ademption

42. Election

43. Estoppel

44. Satisfaction

45. Acceptance of a gift

46. Disclaimer of gift

47. Lapse

48. Failure of gift

Part J. Construction of wills : general principles: 49. Functions of the court of construction

50. General principles of construction

51. Presumptions

52. Inconsistencies and transposition and rejection of words

53. Uncertaintly

54. Context and meaning of words

55. Meaning of particular words

56. Change of 'or' into 'and' and vice versa

57. Evidence admissible in a court of construction - extrinsic evidence

58. Inaccuracy of description

Part K. Construction of wills: particular rules relating to property: 59. Descriptions of property - will speaks from death

60. General descriptions of property

61. Accessories follow principal gift

62. Unlimited gifts of income or unlimited charges

63. Description by locality

64. Particular descriptions of property

Part L. Construction of wills: particular rules relating to persons: 65. Time for ascertaining the donees

66.l Class gifts - rules of convenience

67. Survivorship

68. Alternative donees

69. Descriptions of donees by number

70. Commorientes

71. Relationship by blood and affinity

72. Ellegitimacy of donees

73. Persons en ventre sa mère

74. Gifts to children

75. Adopted children

76. Gifts to issue

77. Gifts to next of kin

78. Gifts to heir

79. Gifts to family, to relations, and to representatives

80. Gifts to wife and husband

81. Other descriptions of donees

Part M. Construction of wills: particular rules relating to beneficial interest: 82. Quantity of interest given

83. Absolute and life interests

84. Entailed interests

85. Gifts to a person and his children or to a person and his issue

86. Concurrent gifts - joint tenancy and tenancy in common

87. Distribution per capita and per stirpes

88. Cumulative and substituted gifts

89. Successive interests

90. Accruer clauses

91. Conditional gifts

92. Option to purchase

93. Vesting

94. Perpetuities

95. Accumulations

96. Divesting

97. Gift over on death

98. Limitations on failure of issue

99. Restriction on alienation and forfeiture clause

100. Hotchpot clauses

101. Gifts by implication

Part N. Charities: 102. Charities: gifts for charitable purposes

103. Charitable gifts: construction and cy-près

Part O. Intestacy: 104. Intestacy

Part P. Family provision: 105. Family provision. Vol 2. Part A. Introduction note: I. General

II. Inheritance tax

Part B. Clauses in wills: B1. Commencement of will

B2. Miscellaneous declarations and desires sometimes included in wills

B3. Appointment of executors, trustees and guardians

B4. Specific gifts

B5. Gifts and other provisions relating to business property

B6. Gifts of freehold land

B7. Gifts of leasehold land

B8. Rights of residence

B9. Testamentary options

B10. Pecuniary legacies

B11. Annuities

B12. Charitable gifts

B13. Exercises of special powers of appointment

B14. Residue

B15. Absolute and simple contingent gifts

B16. Life interests

B17. Trusts for children

B18. Discretionary trusts and powers

B19. Provision for failure of primary trusts

B20. Administrative powers and provisons

B21. Trustees and executors

B22. Testimonium and attestation clauses

Part C. Complete wills: C1. Wills for use in emergency

C2. Wills for married couples with young children

C3. Wills for married couples with adult children

C4. Wills providing for someone with a disability

C5. Wills where there is more than one family

C6. Wills for unmarried couples with children

C7. Wills for sole parents with young children

C8. Wills for sole parents with adult children

C9. Wills for members of childless households

C10. Wills for childless individuals

C11. Wills disposing of business property

C12. Wills disposing of farms and farming businesses

C13. Wills for owners of substantial property

C14. Wills with a foreign element

Part D. Codicils

Part E. Statutory wills forms 1925

Part F. Non-testamentary instruments: F1. Renunciation of probate and disclaimer of trusteeships

F2. Executors and trustees

F3. Disclaimers and variations of beneficial interests

F4. Exercises of dispositive powers created by wills

F5. Miscellaneous documents giving effect to legacies

Part G. Statutes: Sect 1. Wills and intestacy

Sect 2. Property rights of adopted, legitimated and illegitimate children

Sect 3. Miscellaneous provisions relevant to the drafting of wills

Sect 4. Family provision and relief from forfeiture.

Includes index.

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