contested will
Challenged estate document
A contested will is a legal challenge to the validity of someone's last will and testament.
Heirs or potential beneficiaries may contest a will on grounds such as undue influence, lack of mental capacity, or improper execution: The family spent years in court over the contested will.
The phrase also describes any will currently under dispute.
- inheritanceProperty received from ancestors
- disputeVerbal clash over differences
- family feudProlonged conflict between relatives
- probateWill validation proceedings
- estate planningPreparing asset distribution posthumously
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- succession crisessuccession crisis, succession dispute, disputed succession, succession war, war of succession
- estatesestates, manor house, estate planning, manor, country house
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