Section 89: Will or bequest void for uncertainty
The Succession Act · Federal Acts · Part VI · in_force
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A will or bequest not expressive of any definite intention is void for uncertainty. Illustration If a testator says “I bequeath goods to A”, or “I bequeath to A”, or “I leave to A all the goods mentioned in the Schedule” and no Schedule is found, or “I bequeath ‘money’, ‘wheat’, ‘oil’,” or the like, without saying how much, this is void.
Related sections
Section 88: The last of two inconsistent clauses prevailsSection 90: Words describing subject refer to property answering description at testator’s deathSection 87: Testator’s intention to be effectuated, as far as, possibleSection 91: Power of appointment executed by general bequestSection 86: Interpretation of words repeated in different parts of willSection 92: Implied gift to objects of power in default of appointment
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