n. having the mental competency to execute a will at the time the will was signed and witnessed. To have testamentary capacity, the author of the will must understand the nature of making a will, have a general idea of what he/she possesses, and know who are members of the immediate family or other "natural objects of his/her bounty." Inherent in t...
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In the common law tradition, testamentary capacity is the legal term of art used to describe a person`s legal and mental ability to make or alter a valid will. This concept has also been called sound mind and memory or disposing mind and memory. ==Presumption of capacity== Adults are presumed to have the ability to make a will. Litigation about t....
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The legal ability to make a will.
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It is a legal term referred to persons' full senses and mental sanity to have confirmed and signed the will after understanding what his assets comprises of and what he/she is doing by creating a will. He understands in full mental capacity who is he naming the assets to and how are they related to him and what repurcution it may have later.Normall...
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The mental competency to execute a will at the time the will was signed and witnessed. Generally, the will maker must understand nature of making a will, have a general idea of what he or she possesses, and know who his beneficiaries are.
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Mental ability an individual must have to make a will.
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