Uniform Probate Code. A 1969 model statute that modernizes the rules and doctrines governing intestate succession, probate, and the administration of estates. • It has been extensively amended many times since 1969 and has been enacted in a majority of states. — Abbr. UPC.
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holograph (hol-[schwa]-graf), n. A document (such as a will or deed) that is handwritten by its author. • The majority rule is that a holographic will need not be entirely handwritten — only the “material provisions” — to take into account the popular use of fill-in-the-blank will forms. This is also the position of the
substantial-performance doctrine. The rule that if a good-faith attempt to perform does not precisely meet the terms of an agreement or statutory requirements, the performance will still be considered complete if the essential purpose is accomplished, subject to a claim for damages for the shortfall. • Under the Uniform Probate Code, a will that is
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presence-of-the-testator rule. The principle that a testator must be aware (through sight or other sense) that the witnesses are signing the will. • Many jurisdictions interpret this requirement liberally, and the Uniform Probate Code has dispensed with it. [Cases: Wills 117. C.J.S. Wills §§ 285–293.]
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simultaneous death clause 同时死亡条款 遗嘱中的一项条款，规定在发生同时死亡时的遗产处分。美国《统一遗嘱检验法》〔Uniform Probate Code〕第2-104条设有规定。 (→Simultaneous Death Act)
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inheritance. 1. Property received from an ancestor under the laws of intestacy. [Cases: Descent and Distribution 1, 8. C.J.S. Descent and Distribution §§ 1–5, 9–12; Right of Privacy and Publicity§ 42.] 2. Property that a person receives by bequest or devise. dual inheritance. An adopted child’s intestate inheritance through both his adopted family and his
payable on death/P.O.D. 〈美〉亡时付款 在《统一遗嘱检验法典》〔Uniform Probate Code〕中，指某人将款项存入银行等金融机构，设立一项「亡时付款账户」〔P.O.D. account〕。在该人生存期间，他即为该账户的原始受款人〔original payee〕；在其死后，由账户中指定的人〔P.O.D. payee〕作为该账户的受款人，经其提出正当要求，金融机构应对之付款。
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A witness who has a direct and private interest in the matter at issue. • Most jurisdictions provide that a person witnessing a will may not be a devisee under the will. The Uniform Probate Code, however, has abrogated this rule. [Cases: Witnesses 91. C.J.S. Witnesses §§ 211–212.]
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Simultaneous Death Act 〈美〉《同时死亡法》 一部统一的制定法。该法规定，当两人以上发生死亡，且根据当时情势无法确定其死亡先后顺序(例如在同一事故中)，则任何一人均被推定为迟于他人死亡，其目的在于分配其各自的遗产，除非法律另有规定。《统一遗嘱检验法》〔Uniform Probate Code〕第2-104条亦有规定。该法已为大多数州所采纳，部分州将其修改为：该人至少迟于死者120小时死亡，以使其具备继承人或受益人的资格。
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