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ARMCHAIR RULE [1 record]

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Record 1 2021-09-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Law of Estates (common law)
CONT

Present law permits evidence of surrounding circumstances known to the testator at the time the will was made to be introduced in order to shed light on the meaning of an ambiguous or apparently meaningless term, or to identify an ambiguity. This is known as the "armchair" rule because the court puts itself notionally in the testator's position when making the will in order to better determine the meaning of the words the testator used.

Key term(s)
  • arm chair rule

French

Domaine(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Droit successoral (common law)
OBS

règle de l'interprétation testamentaire contextualisée; règle de l'interprétation contextualisée : désignations normalisées par le Comité de normalisation, Promotion de l'accès à la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).

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