divested of his interest and the assent transfers the subject of the bequest to the legatee. Of course, the assent when once it is given ... there is one distinction between a specific legacy and a residuary bequest. The doctrine of relation back does not apply to the bequest of residue
second defendants. A further devise in the nature of a bequest expressly provided that with reference to the amount payable to the Second plaintiff from ... does not admit that he made any of the devises or bequests as reflected in Exhibit A-1, nor any part of the trust deed
that what is left of the
estate after the donations and the bequests is not sufficient to meet his
legitim he has a right ... disguised donations or indirect donations like renunciation of a
right, of a bequest or of a succession. For the purpose of determination of
the legitim
Managing Committee of the Hindu Samaj, he might have made an outright bequest in their favour and left the spending of the money entirely ... promotion of the knowledge of the Sanskrit language as a valid charitable bequest. In Whicker v. Hume
plaintiffs, it is contended that the original bequest of Chinnathambia Pillai was a joint bequest in favour of his second wife Meenakshiammal and his daughter ... Section 106 of the Indian Succession Act. If the plea of joint bequest is upheld and Section 106 applied, there is no defence
only a life estate in favour of Anthonimuthu, and the later bequest in favour of the plaintiff, Madalaimuthu, is not a repugnant provision ... independent bequest to take effect on the death of Anthonimuthu,
5. The relevant clauses in Exhibit A-2 the earlier will may now be extracted
Sections 112 to 114 of the Indian Succession Act:
"112. Bequest to person by particular description, who is not in existence at testator ... death.--Where a bequest is made to a person by a particular description, and there is no person in existence at the testator
male and such an estate was unknown to Hindu law and the bequest must therefore be deemed to be only of a life estate ... rupees to my sister."
The learned Attorney-General contended that the bequest in terms is only to Chittibabu and not to Chittibabu
Court also found as a matter of fact that apart from the bequest made in the will under Ex.B1, the late Mohammad Sulthan ... bequeathed is in excess of One-third of the estate, the excessive bequest is not valid unless the heirs, or other heirs (if the bequest
test I agree with the opinion of the Subordinate Judge that the bequest was to the charity and not to 1st defendant subject ... this connection I might refer to the language itself in which the bequest is clothed. I have already mentioned the fact that the testator referred
