Succession Act, 1925

Succession Act, 1925 — Section 89: Will or bequest void for uncertainty

89. Will or bequest void for uncertainty. A will or bequest not expressive of any definite intention is void for uncertainty. Illustration If a testator says “I bequeath goods to A”, or “I bequeath to A”, or “I leave to A all the goods mentioned in the Schedule” and no Schedule is found, or “I bequeath ‘money’, ‘wheat’, ‘oil’,” or the like, without saying how much, this is void.

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