valuable papers
valuable papers 有价值文书；有效文书 指在某人死亡时，对于执行其生前意愿，以及处理遗产问题具有重要意义的各种书面文件。例如遗嘱、产权文书、股票证、授权委托书、在其死亡时公开的信件以及其他类似文件。在美国某些制定法中规定，必须在死者的这些书面文件中找到其有关不动产遗赠之自书遗嘱，该等文件方为有效。该术语并非专指有金钱价值之书面文件。
VALUABLE PAPERS
valuable papers
valuable papers. Documents that, upon a person’s death, are important in carrying out the decedent’s wishes and in managing the estate’s affairs. • Examples include a will, title documents, stock certificates, powers of attorney, letters to be opened on one’s death, and the like. Some statutes require that, to be effective, a holographic will devising