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testamentary capacity

The ability of the testator of a will to meet the legally mandated requirements to validate the will.

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  1. Testamentary capacity - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
    In the common law tradition, testamentary capacity is the legal term of art used to describe a person's legal and mental ability to make or alter a valid will.
     
  2. Testamentary capacity - Legal Dictionary - The Free Dictionary
    testamentary capacity n. having the mental competency to execute a will at the time the will was signed and witnessed. To have testamentary capacity the author ...
     
  3. Common Pitfalls in the Evaluation of Testamentary Capacity
    Abstract. The examination for testamentary capacity poses several unique challenges to the forensic evaluator, especially when performed, as is often the case, ...
     
  4. Assessment of Testamentary Capacity and Vulnerability to Undue ...
    May 1, 2007 ... Testamentary capacity is a construct rooted in both the legal and medical domains, thus inviting a collaborative approach to its definition and ...
     
  5. "Of Sound Mind" and Testamentary Capacity - Lawyers.com
    Testamentary capacity is the mental ability to make a will. It has five major components: age, knowing what a will is, knowing the natural objects of one's bounty, ...
     
  6. Competency to Make a Will: Testamentary Capacity / Undue ...
    Forensic Psychiatry /Psychiatric Evaluations and Expert Witness Testimony: Testamentary Capacity / Undue Influence - Competency to Make a Will ...
     
  7. Trusts and Estates - What is testamentary capacity?
    One of the four general requirements for a will to be legally valid is that the person preparing the will must have testamentary capacity. This basically means that ...
     
  8. Contemporaneous assessment of testamentary capacity
    Sanford Finkel5 for the IPA Task Force on Testamentary Capacity and Undue ... Background: Challenges to wills on the basis of lack of testamentary capacity ...