PVL2602
Assignment 1 Semester 1 2025
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Due Date: April 2025
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, Question 1
Tom’s valid will provides as follows:
“I leave R 20 000 to my daughter, Fran. She must receive this benefit before
any other benefit is paid out.”
The bequest to Fran is called …
Select one:
a. a modus
b. a prelegacy ✅
c. an inheritance
d. a bequest price
The correct answer is: a prelegacy.
Question 2
Tabitha married Gilbert in community of property in 1990. In 1996, they made
a mutual will in which they left their house to their only two children, John and
Mimi, and appointed each other as the heir to the residue of the estate of the
first deceased.
In March 2023, Tabitha and Gilbert were divorced. In April 2023, Tabitha
married Sam. Two days after the wedding, Tabitha was killed in a car crash.
She had never changed her will. How will the residue of Tabitha’s estate
devolve?
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, Select one:
a. Gilbert, John and Mimi will inherit the residue of the estate.
b. Sam, John and Mimi will inherit the residue of the estate. ✅
c. John and Mimi will inherit the residue of the estate.
d. Sam will inherit the residue of the estate.
The correct answer is: Sam, John and Mimi will inherit the residue of the
estate.
Question 3
In which case did the court hold that the court can vary a trust provision in a
will if the provision brings about consequences that were unforeseen by the
trust founder and that conflict with the public interest?
Select one:
a. Theron v The Master of the High Court [2001] All SA 507 (NC)
b. Barclays Bank DC & O v Anderson 1959 SA 478 (T)
c. Minister of Education v Syfrets Trust Ltd 2006 (4) SA 205 (C) ✅
d. Aronson v Estate Hart and others 1950 (1) SA 539 (A)
The correct answer is: Minister of Education v Syfrets Trust Ltd 2006 (4)
SA 205 (C).
Question 4
Tom’s valid will provides as follows:
“I leave my estate in trust to my trustee, Xolisa. My wife, Wanda, must receive
the income from the trust during her lifetime. At her death, my children, Peter
and John must receive the capital of the trust.”
Who is the owner of the trust property after Tom’s death?
Select one:
a. Wanda, Peter and John
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Assignment 1 Semester 1 2025
Unique number: 815501
Due Date: April 2025
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References
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, Question 1
Tom’s valid will provides as follows:
“I leave R 20 000 to my daughter, Fran. She must receive this benefit before
any other benefit is paid out.”
The bequest to Fran is called …
Select one:
a. a modus
b. a prelegacy ✅
c. an inheritance
d. a bequest price
The correct answer is: a prelegacy.
Question 2
Tabitha married Gilbert in community of property in 1990. In 1996, they made
a mutual will in which they left their house to their only two children, John and
Mimi, and appointed each other as the heir to the residue of the estate of the
first deceased.
In March 2023, Tabitha and Gilbert were divorced. In April 2023, Tabitha
married Sam. Two days after the wedding, Tabitha was killed in a car crash.
She had never changed her will. How will the residue of Tabitha’s estate
devolve?
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, Select one:
a. Gilbert, John and Mimi will inherit the residue of the estate.
b. Sam, John and Mimi will inherit the residue of the estate. ✅
c. John and Mimi will inherit the residue of the estate.
d. Sam will inherit the residue of the estate.
The correct answer is: Sam, John and Mimi will inherit the residue of the
estate.
Question 3
In which case did the court hold that the court can vary a trust provision in a
will if the provision brings about consequences that were unforeseen by the
trust founder and that conflict with the public interest?
Select one:
a. Theron v The Master of the High Court [2001] All SA 507 (NC)
b. Barclays Bank DC & O v Anderson 1959 SA 478 (T)
c. Minister of Education v Syfrets Trust Ltd 2006 (4) SA 205 (C) ✅
d. Aronson v Estate Hart and others 1950 (1) SA 539 (A)
The correct answer is: Minister of Education v Syfrets Trust Ltd 2006 (4)
SA 205 (C).
Question 4
Tom’s valid will provides as follows:
“I leave my estate in trust to my trustee, Xolisa. My wife, Wanda, must receive
the income from the trust during her lifetime. At her death, my children, Peter
and John must receive the capital of the trust.”
Who is the owner of the trust property after Tom’s death?
Select one:
a. Wanda, Peter and John
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