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What Happens if Property That I Was To Receive in a Will Was Given To Someone Else Prior to the Testator’s Death?

20 September 2017 No Comment

If a Will includes a specific devise of an item of property, but the testator sells or gives the item away before death, the gift is said to have adeemed. An ademption may be of the whole or may be a part of a testamentary bequest or devise. If the whole bequest or devise is disposed of prior to death, the testamentary disposition is revoked.

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