NAME-AND-ARMS CLAUSE

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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name and arms clause

glossary / NAME-AND-ARMS CLAUSE, 姓名和纹章条款

name and arms clause 〈英〉姓名和纹章条款有时在遗嘱或财产赠与文件里设定的条款。据此，指定接受遗产或赠与的人必须使用立遗嘱人或赠与人的姓名和爵位、衔级等纹章。如果该人未采用或未继续采用，则遗产将移归下一位享有继承权的人。

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