Ancient, Curious, and Famous WillsThe Lawbook Exchange, Ltd., 1999 - 472 páginas This collection of wills will be enjoyed by the layman, the lawyer and the scholar as a reflection of the individual cited and of their times. All sorts of wills from the sublime to the absurd are included, such as the will of a pig, clauses in wills concerning slaves, the wills that established the Nobel Prize and the Rhodes scholarship, and many more. This fascinating volume contains the text of wills that are "ancient" Confucius' will, Solon's introduction of wills to the ancient Greeks; wills that are "curious" a will that attempts to bequeath property to the devil, bequests to pets; and wills of the "famous" well-known authors (Rabelais, Dickens, etc.), European royalty (Napoleon, Mary Queen of Scots, etc.) and U.S. presidents (George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, etc.). Well-indexed by subject and name.
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... twenty - three hundred years before Christ , or one thousand years before Moses received the Ten Commandments on Mount Sinai . This code was translated by Professor Robert Francis Harper , of the Chicago University , and furnishes one ...
... twenty - one years thereafter . ' This is the general law of our country . The law of dower and curtesy is by no means simple . The law of vested and contingent remainders is a most intricate subject and requires years of legal study to ...
... twenty - one . " I cannot too highly recommend trust provisions in wills , where it is sought to make allowances to children or others ; the use of the income for a time or for life , instead of an absolute gift of the principal , has ...
... twenty sesterces , he allows a period of a year after his death for the payment of them , and he excuses himself for their smallness on the plea of the mod- erate amount of his fortune . " I leave , in all , to my heirs , no more than ...
... twenty masses to be said for my soul , and that every poor person coming to my funeral shall have a penny , to pray for me and the remission of my sins ; to Mary , my sister a nun , x pounds ; to my two bastard daughters , nuns , viz ...
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