Testator and will-maker / by Lindsay Breach

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Title

Testator and will-maker / by Lindsay Breach

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National Library of New Zealand

Collection

Index New Zealand

Description

Deals with the minor controversy over the use of the word 'will-maker' as a replacement for the terms 'testator' and 'testatrix' in formal legal language in New Zealand. Notes its use in the Wills Act 2007. Discusses the intentions of Parliament in that regard and the conscious decision by Dr Richardson to utilise the statutory term throughout her 'Nevill's Law of Trusts, Wills and Administration' for consistency with the Act. Suggests that her acknowledgement of the continued use of 'test...

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Format

Journal

Date created

Jul 2014

Creator

Breach, Lindsay, (University of Canterbury, School of Law)

URL

http://natlib.govt.nz/records/35101246

Related subjects

Law -- Terminology / Law -- Language / Wills -- Law and legislation

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