Anthropology, Education, Sociology, and Social Phenomena

Wills

Legal documents that are declarations of individuals' wishes regarding the disposal of their property or estate after death; esp: written instruments, legally executed, by which dispositions are made of estates. LIVING WILLS are written declarations regarding prolongation of life by extraordinary means.

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Legal documents that are declarations of individuals' wishes regarding the disposal of their property or estate after death; esp: written instruments, legally executed, by which dispositions are made of estates. LIVING WILLS are written declarations regarding prolongation of life by extraordinary means.

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  • Inheritance, Legal
  • Legal Inheritance

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Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, ethics, ethnology, history, legislation & jurisprudence, prevention & control, psychology, statistics & numerical data, trends.

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do not confuse entry term INHERITANCE with HEREDITY

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  1. I01w.880w.604.583w.927w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Wills. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D014918. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D014918
  2. Wills. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_and_testament
  3. Wills. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q155656