Wills Act
(CHAPTER 352)

  Table of Contents

  Long Title

1 Short title

2 Interpretation

3 Property disposable by will

4 Will of infant invalid

5 Mode of execution

6 Execution of appointment by will

7 Publication of will not necessary

8 Will not to be invalidated by reason of incompetency of attesting witness

9 Gifts to an attesting witness or to wife or husband of attesting witness to be void

10 Creditor attesting a will charging estate with debts shall be admitted a witness

11 Executor not incompetent to be a witness

12 Will to be revoked by marriage except in certain cases

13 No will to be revoked by presumption from altered circumstances

14 Revocation of will or codicil

15 Effect of obliteration, interlineation or alteration

16 Revival of revoked will

17 Subsequent conveyance or other acts not to prevent operation of will

18 Wills shall be construed to speak from death of testator

19 Residuary devises shall include estates comprised in lapsed and void devises

20 General gift of realty and of personality shall include property over which testator has general power of appointment

21 Devise without words of limitation

22 Construction of words importing want or failure of issue

23 Devise of real estate to trustee or executor

24 Devise of real estate to trustee without limitation

25 Gifts to children or other issue who leave issue living at testator’s death shall not lapse

26 Saving as to wills of soldiers and mariners