last will
Heir distribution instructions
A last will, or last will and testament, is a legal document specifying how a person's property and affairs should be handled after death.
The "last" distinguishes it from any previous versions—only the most recent valid will governs: She changed her last will to exclude her estranged son.
Often shortened to simply "will."
- bequestGift left by will
- beneficiaryDesignated asset receiver
- next of kinNearest living family members
- family inheritanceProperty passed through generations
- executorAppointed estate manager
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- historical documentsDeclaration of Independence, Bill of Rights, Magna Carta, Emancipation Proclamation, Federalist Papers
- life recordsautobiography, birth records, biography, death records, birth certificate
- inheritanceinheritance, inheritances, heir, heirs, heiress
- literary deathdeath scene, deathbed, dying, corpse, funeral
- willstestator, testament, codicil, bequest, codicils
- estate paperstestament, codicil, letters testamentary, death certificate, final decree
estate planning instruments
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Estateless death condition
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