A

TREATISE

ON THE

LAW

OF

B. Boucher

12 January 1820.

WILLS AND CODICILS.

BY WILLIAM ROBERTS,

OF LINCOLN'S INN, ESQ., BARRISTER AT LAW.

SECOND EDITION,

MUCH ENLARGED AND IMPROVED.

IN TWO VOLUMES.

VOL. II.

LONDON:

PRINTED FOR J. BUTTERWORTH AND SON, FLEET-STREET;

AND J. COOKE, ORMOND QUAY, DUBLIN.

J. and T. Clarke, Printers, 38, St. John's-square, London.

V. Rules of construction not to be opposed by extrinsic

evidence

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VI. Of the presumptive trust in the Executor for the next of

kin of the Testator as to the surplus undisposed of by

the Will

VII. Testator's declarations, how far evidence

39.

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CHAPTER II.

OF THE LAW RELATING TO THE DUTIES OF EXECUTORS

AND ADMINISTRATORS.

I. The capacity for the office; the manner of appointment

thereto; the refusal and acceptance thereof; what may

be done before probate

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