Wills Quotes

“Inheritance”

“Reincarnation”

“Men should not sin in their graves.”

“As lawyers we must construe the will like any other document.”

“We must find out the meaning of the testator as well as we can.”

“will”

“The intention of the testator is the polar star by which we must be guided.”

“Will (law)”

“Living Will”

“Wikicommons: Wills”

“It is from the words, and from the context, not from the punctuation, that the sense must be collected.”

“The Court is at liberty to transpose and mould clauses and words in a will so as to make the whole take effect.”

“There is no instance where men are so easily imposed upon, as at the time of their dying under the pretence of charity.”

“Courts of justice ought to carry into effect the intentions of testators as far as they can consistently with the rules of law.”

“Let's choose executors and talk of wills:
And yet not so, for what can we bequeath
Save our deposed bodies to the ground?”

“Technical rules are not to be relied upon in explaining the intention of testators: and yet cases of intention are much embarrassed by authorities.”

“My distinction is, that in incorrect wills the Court may take liberties, but that if the words are correct they have no power to make any alteration.”

“The Court is to pronounce according to the apparent intent of the testator, but that intent must be found in the words of the will, and is not to be collected by conjecture dehors the will.”

“Speaking for myself, I do not look upon wills as Chinese puzzles; they no doubt do present great difficulties, but I do not feel myself the serious difficulty which other learned Judges have.”

“A will is often executed suddenly in a last sickness, and sometimes in the article of death . . . consequently the time of the execution is the critical moment which requires guard and protection.”