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Record 1 2002-07-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Legal System
  • Law of Succession (civil law)
  • Law of Estates (common law)
DEF

The intention of destroying or canceling (applied to wills).

OBS

the least tearing of a will by a testator, animus cancellandi, renders it invalid.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Théorie du droit
  • Droit successoral (droit civil)
  • Droit successoral (common law)
OBS

canceller : Annuler par des ratures (terme vieilli).

OBS

un testament

OBS

cancellation : terme ancien mais encore employé pour désigner le fait de raturer ou de biffer un écrit (surtout un testament) en procédant à un bâtonnement général, dans l'intention de l'annuler.

Spanish

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