Complete Solution Manual Legal
Terminology 7th Edition Questions &
Answers with rationales
revocation - Answer ✔✔ - the act of revoking
revoke - Answer ✔✔ - cancel or rescind
revocable - Answer ✔✔ - capable of being revoked
execute - Answer ✔✔ - to complete, to make, to perform, or to do such as sign a
will
pecuniary gift - Answer ✔✔ - gift of money
codicil - Answer ✔✔ - an amendment to a will that must be executed with the same
formalities as the will itself
republishing a will - Answer ✔✔ - reestablishing a will that has been formerly
revoked or improperly executed
residuary clause - Answer ✔✔ - the clause in a will that disposes of all of the
testator's property not otherwise distributed
lapsed legacy - Answer ✔✔ - a gift of personal property in a will that fails because
the legatee predeceased the testator.
, intestate succession - Answer ✔✔ - the act or process of an heir's becoming
beneficially entitled to the property of one who dies without a will
predeceased - Answer ✔✔ - died before
intestate - Answer ✔✔ - having made no valid will
issue - Answer ✔✔ - all people who have descended from a common ancestor
demonstrative legacy - Answer ✔✔ - a bequest of certain sum of money with a
direction that it be paid out of a particular fund
adeemed - Answer ✔✔ - taken away
advancement, satisfaction - Answer ✔✔ - the testator's disposing of or giving to a
beneficiary while alive, that which was provided in a will, so as to make it impossible
to carry out the will
antilapse statute - Answer ✔✔ - laws designed to minimize the effect of laps
ademption - Answer ✔✔ - the discharge of a legal obligation by paying a party
what is due
general legacy, general pecuniary legacy - Answer ✔✔ - a gift of money out of the
general assets of the estate
specific legacy - Answer ✔✔ - a gift by will of a particular article of personal
property
Terminology 7th Edition Questions &
Answers with rationales
revocation - Answer ✔✔ - the act of revoking
revoke - Answer ✔✔ - cancel or rescind
revocable - Answer ✔✔ - capable of being revoked
execute - Answer ✔✔ - to complete, to make, to perform, or to do such as sign a
will
pecuniary gift - Answer ✔✔ - gift of money
codicil - Answer ✔✔ - an amendment to a will that must be executed with the same
formalities as the will itself
republishing a will - Answer ✔✔ - reestablishing a will that has been formerly
revoked or improperly executed
residuary clause - Answer ✔✔ - the clause in a will that disposes of all of the
testator's property not otherwise distributed
lapsed legacy - Answer ✔✔ - a gift of personal property in a will that fails because
the legatee predeceased the testator.
, intestate succession - Answer ✔✔ - the act or process of an heir's becoming
beneficially entitled to the property of one who dies without a will
predeceased - Answer ✔✔ - died before
intestate - Answer ✔✔ - having made no valid will
issue - Answer ✔✔ - all people who have descended from a common ancestor
demonstrative legacy - Answer ✔✔ - a bequest of certain sum of money with a
direction that it be paid out of a particular fund
adeemed - Answer ✔✔ - taken away
advancement, satisfaction - Answer ✔✔ - the testator's disposing of or giving to a
beneficiary while alive, that which was provided in a will, so as to make it impossible
to carry out the will
antilapse statute - Answer ✔✔ - laws designed to minimize the effect of laps
ademption - Answer ✔✔ - the discharge of a legal obligation by paying a party
what is due
general legacy, general pecuniary legacy - Answer ✔✔ - a gift of money out of the
general assets of the estate
specific legacy - Answer ✔✔ - a gift by will of a particular article of personal
property
