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What Is a Holographic Will?

A will is an essential legal document that clarifies what happens to an individual’s assets after they die. It defines the assets that compose the estate, the beneficiaries, the executor, the caretaker

CONJOINT WILL

a will made by more that one person where the money or property to be granted is owned by all people making the will.

UNNATURAL WILL

a will where the maker does not provide for his wife or for any children.

WILL MUTUAL

the name of a will where 2 or more people have provisions favouring each other.

INOPERATIVE WILL

will not operative because the grants and bequests are contrary to the existing laws.

WILL HOLOGRAPHIC

a term that applies to a will that is in the handwriting of the maker of the will.

POUROVER WILL

a will that leaves property and or money into a trust that already exists.

WILL CONDITIONAL

the name of a will that needs certain conditions to be met for other events to occur.

WILL JOINT

a will made and signed by 2 people that serves them both.

VALIDITY OF A WILL

the term applied to the legal adequacy and sufficiency of a will that is being contested.

WILLS RECIPROCAL

a term given to the wills of 2 or more people having made that will benefit the other will makers. It is similar to a joint will.

AGAINST THE WILL

the statement that says something was done without a person’s consent. Such as a rape, robbery or an assault.

WILLFUL TORT

an intentional wrong that is committed with the wish to harm another person.