Wills

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1. What is a will under Article 783?
2. What is the general character of making a will under Article 784?
3. Which law ordinarily governs validity of a will as to form under Article 795?
4. A testator names three beneficiaries but says a friend may later decide, entirely at the friend’s discretion, whether e…
5. A validly executed will contains several independent dispositions. One is invalid. Must every other disposition necessa…
6. A testator leaves a fixed sum generally for specified educational charities, directing a trusted person to distribute i…
7. A will states that a gift to a named beneficiary will take effect only if a friend later decides that it should be oper…
8. Explain the strictly personal character of making a will and the limited distribution role recognized by Article 786.
9. Discuss the effect of invalidity of one disposition on the remainder of a will.
10. Distinguish formal validity at execution from an attempted delegation of whether a testamentary gift will operate.
11. Under 788, which interpretation is preferred in doubt between meanings of a testamentary disposition?
12. Under 789, which source is excluded for the stated intention inquiry?