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Record 1,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT

Where a person dies intestate in respect of property and is survived by a spouse and not survived by issue, the spouse is entitled to the property absolutely. This provision overcomes the "doctrine of the laughing heir", that is, the remote next of kin with whom there had been no contact and who stood to make a windfall under the former legislation.  1, record 1, English, - doctrine%20of%20the%20laughing%20heir

Record 1,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS

doctrine : Ensemble de notions qu'on affirme être vraies et par lesquelles on prétend fournir une interprétation des faits, orienter ou diriger l'action.  2, record 1, French, - doctrine%20de%20l%27h%C3%A9ritier%20%C3%A9loign%C3%A9

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 2 OBS

héritier : Parent appelé par la loi à recueillir la succession d'un défunt.  2, record 1, French, - doctrine%20de%20l%27h%C3%A9ritier%20%C3%A9loign%C3%A9

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 3 OBS

éloigné : Qui est à une certaine distance. (...) Un ancêtre éloigné.  2, record 1, French, - doctrine%20de%20l%27h%C3%A9ritier%20%C3%A9loign%C3%A9

Record 1,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 2,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 CONT

An expectancy or chance is a mere hope, unfounded in any limitation, provision, trust, or legal act whatever; such as the hope which an heir apparent has of succeeding to the ancestor's estate. This is sometimes said to be a bare or mere possibility, and, at other times, less than a possibility. It is a possibility in the popular sense of the term. But it is less than a possibility in the specific sense of the term possibility. For, it is no right at all, in contemplation of law, even by possibility; because, in the case of a mere expectancy, nothing has been done to create an obligation in any event; and where there is no obligation, there can be no right....(Fearne, 10th ed., 1844, pp. 23-24)  1, record 2, English, - expectancy

Record 2,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 OBS

expectative : terme normalisé par le Comité de normalisation dans le cadre du Programme national de l'administration de la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).  2, record 2, French, - expectative

Record 2,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 3,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 DEF

A bare chance or expectation of acquiring a property or succeeding to an estate in the future, but without any present right in or to it which the law would recognize as an estate or interest. (Black, 5th, p. 1049)  1, record 3, English, - mere%20possibility

Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 OBS

(W) hat is termed a bare or mere possibility signifies nothing more than an expectancy, which is specifically applied to a mere hope of succession, unfounded in any limitation, provision, trust, or legal act whatever; such as the hope which an heir apparent or presumptive has of succeeding to the ancestor's estate.("Words and Phrases/U. S. ", Vol. 33, p. 114)  1, record 3, English, - mere%20possibility

Record 3,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 OBS

simple possibilité : terme normalisé par le Comité de normalisation dans le cadre du Programme national de l'administration de la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).  2, record 3, French, - simple%20possibilit%C3%A9

Record 3,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 4,  Textual support,  French

Record 4,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 5,  Textual support,  English

Record 5,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 OBS

substitué désigné dans un contrat de mariage, etc.  1, record 5, French, - h%C3%A9ritier%20par%20destination

Record 5,  Textual support,  Spanish