The most invigorating form of reading matter is, of course, a will.
I have made my will; I have been tormented to do it. I have bought repose; I know the powerlessness and inutility of it.
When brothers fight to death a stranger inherit their father’s estate
Our Last Will and Testament, providing for the only future of which we can be reasonably certain, namely our own death, shows thatthe Will's need to will is no less strong than Reason's need to think; in both instances the mind transcends its own natural limitations, either by asking unanswerable questions or by projecting itself into a future which, for the willing subject, will never be.
Death means a lot of money, honey. Death can really make you look like a star.
I was the depository of the will of the Mexicans
I think it's unfair that people can't give assets to whoever they want. When I die, my assets can go to my wife. And a gay person - you ought to have a system where maybe you can just say, 'You can give your assets to anybody you want.'
If the husband of a woman die, his wife may take her husband's patrimony
Even into the 20th Century in some states women could not inherit property if there was a male child.
I give unto my wife my second best bed with the furniture.
You give me nothing during your life, but you promise to provide for me at your death. If you are not a fool, you know what I wish for!
He's a fool that makes his doctor his heir.
All the trouble you will cause by not leaving a will. All the heartache! Family feuds are going to happen anyway, so be as clear as you can. And even if it's only to leave it to the cat's home, make a will.
The Bible tells us that we're supposed to leave an inheritance for children.
I have just made out my will and given all the things I have and many that I haven't.
There is a strange charm in the thoughts of a good legacy, or the hopes of an estate, which wondrously removes or at least alleviates the sorrow that men would otherwise feel for the death of friends.
Similarly, the problem of the rights of the state in the disposition of inheritances left by individuals presents social aspects of the first importance.