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WILLS and TESTAMENTS.
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" and shall be attested and subscribed
" in the presence of said devisor, by three or
" four credible witnesses, or else they shall be
" utterly void, and of none effect."
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And with regard to the revocation of wills,
the same statute enacts, as follows: " no devise
" in writing of lands, tenements or hereditaments,
" nor any clause thereof, shall be
" revocable, otherwise than by some other will
" or codicil in writing, or other writing, declaring
" the same, or by burning, cancelling,
" tearing or obliterating the same by the testator
" himself, or in his presence, and by his
" directions and consent: but all devises and
" and bequests of lands and tenements shall remain
" and continue in force until the same be
" burnt, cancelled, torn or obliterated by the
" testator, or by his directions, in a manner aforesaid,
" or unless the same be altered by
" some other will or codicil in writing, or
" other writing of the devisor, signed in the
" presence of three or four witnesses, declaring
" the same; any former law or usage, to the
" contrary notwithstanding."
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Not revocable
but by some
other will in
writing, &c. |
A nuncupative will (or verbal will) is made,
when the testator without any writing, doth
declare his will before a sufficient number of |
Of verbal or
nuncupative
wills. |
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