B O O K L I I .
Of W A S A T A, or W I L L S .
Definition Of T J / ’A S A T A is the plural of Wafeeat.—Wafeeat means an enthe
terms dowment with the property of any thing after death,— as if
ufed m wills. . . . . . . . r r
one perfon fhould fay to another, “ give this article ot mine, after
“ my death, to a particular perfon.” — The thing fo given is termed
the Moofee be bee, or l e g a c y t h e perfon who wills that it be given
is denominated the Mawfee, or teftator ; the perfon in whofe favour
the will is made is called the Moofee le hoo, or legatee; —and the perfon
appointed to carry the will into execution is called the TVafee, or
executor.
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Chap. I. W I L L S . 467
Chap. I. O f Wills that are legal, and Wills that are laudable;
and of the Retraftation of Wills.
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Chap. . 11. O f the Bequeft of a Third of the Eftate. Chap. III. O f Emancipation upon a Deathbed; and of Wills reIf
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lative to Emancipation.
Chap. IV. O f Wills in favour of Kinfmen, and other Connexions
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Chap. V . O f Ufufruftuary Wills.
Chap. VI. O f Wills made by Zimmees. | iffl{j|fl
Chap; VII. O f Executors, and their Powers. ■ |!-i
Chap. VIII. O f Evidence with refpedt to Wills»
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C H A P . I.
Of Wills that are legal, and Wills that are laudable}
and of the Retractation of Wills.
'W i l l s are lawful, on a favourable conftrudtion. Analogy would wills are
fuggeft that they are unlawful; becaufe a bequeji fignifies an endow- la"H and
ment with a thing, in a way which occafions fuch endowment to be
referred to a time when the property has become void in the proprietor,
[the teftator;.]— and as an endowment with reference to a future
period, (as if a perfon were to lay to another, “ I conftitute you pro-
O o o 2 M prietor