dependent relative revocation

dependent relative revocation
dependent relative revocation n: a doctrine holding that if the destruction, cancellation, or revocation of a will is dependent on the making of a new will which is not made or is found to be invalid then the original will is still in effect

Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of Law. . 1996.

dependent relative revocation
n.
The principle that if a person revokes a will intending to replace it with another will, the first will is actually revoked only if the second will is valid; otherwise, the first will continue to be in effect.

The Essential Law Dictionary. — Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. . 2008.


dependent relative revocation
The doctrine that regards as mutually interrelated the acts of a testator destroying a will and executing a second will. In such cases, if the second will is either never made or improperly executed, there is a rebuttable presumption that the testator would have preferred the former will to no will at all, which allows the possibility of probate of the destroyed will.

Dictionary from West's Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005.


dependent relative revocation
The doctrine that regards as mutually interrelated the acts of a testator destroying a will and executing a second will. In such cases, if the second will is either never made or improperly executed, there is a rebuttable presumption that the testator would have preferred the former will to no will at all, which allows the possibility of probate of the destroyed will.

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