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The wills Act, 1838, 25 of 1838 (Rep., Act 8 of 1868)

30 sections · As amended up to 2026-08

Sections

  1. IIAnd it is hereby enacted, that an Act passed in the thirty-second year of the reign of King Henry th
  2. XXVAnd it is hereby enacted, that where any real estate shall be devised to any trustee or executor, su
  3. VIIIAnd it is hereby enacted, that no appointment made by will in exercise of any power, shall be valid,
  4. XXIAnd it is hereby enacted, that unless a contrary intention shall appear by the will such real estate
  5. XVIIAnd it is hereby enacted, that no obliteration, interlineations or other alteration made in any will
  6. XXIXAnd it is hereby enacted that notwithstanding any thing in this Act contained, any Soldier being in
  7. XXVIIAnd it is hereby enacted, that where any person to whom any real estate shall be devised for an esta
  8. XAnd it is hereby enacted, that it any person who shall attest the execution of a will, shall at the
  9. XXIVAnd it is hereby enacted, that in any devise or bequest of real or personal estate the words "die wi
  10. XIXAnd it is hereby enacted, that no conveyance or other act made or done subsequently to the execution
  11. XXVIAnd it is hereby enacted, that where any real estate shall be devised to a trustee without any expre
  12. VISection VI
  13. IVAnd it is hereby enacted, that it shall be lawful for every person to devise, bequeath or dispose of
  14. XVAnd it is hereby enacted, that no will shall be revoked by any presumption of an intention on the ground of an alteration in circumstances
  15. XXXAnd it is hereby enacted, that nothing in this Act contained shall be construed to repeal the provis
  16. IXAnd it is hereby enacted, that every will executed in manner hereinbefore required shall be valid without any other publication thereof
  17. ISection I
  18. IIIAnd it is hereby enacted, that this Act shall only extend to the wills of persons whose personal pro
  19. XIVAnd it is hereby enacted, that every will made by a man or woman shall be revoked by his or her marr
  20. XVIIIAnd it is hereby enacted, that no will or codicil, or any part thereof, which shall be in any manner
  21. XIIIAnd it is hereby enacted, that no person shall, on account of his being an executor of a will, be in
  22. XXXIAnd it is hereby enacted, that this Act shall not extend to any will made before the First day of Fe
  23. XXVIIIAnd it is hereby enacted, that where any person being a child or other issue of the testator to whom
  24. XIIAnd it is hereby enacted, that in case by any will any real or personal estate shall be charged with
  25. XXIIAnd it is hereby enacted, that a general devise of the real estate of the testator, or of the real e
  26. XIAnd it is hereby enacted, that if any person shall attest the execution of any will, to whom or to w
  27. XVIAnd it is hereby enacted, that no will or codicil, or any part there of shall be revoked otherwise t
  28. XXAnd it is hereby enacted, that every will shall be construed, with reference to the real estate and
  29. VAnd it is hereby enacted, that no will made by any person under the age of twenty-one years shall be valid
  30. VIIAnd it is hereby enacted, that no will shall be valid unless it shall be in writing and executed in