name and arms clause

name-and-arms clause. Hist. A clause (usu. in a will or settlement transferring property) providing that the property’s recipient must assume and continue using the testator’s or settlor’s surname and coat-of-arms, or else the property will pass to another person. [Cases: Wills 642. C.J.S. Wills §§ 1397, 1415, 1418, 1424.]

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