§ 43-8-220 Requirement that devisee survive testator by five days
§ 43-8-221 Choice of law as to meaning and effect of wills
§ 43-8-222 Controlling effect of intention of testator
§ 43-8-223 Construction of will to pass all property, including after-acquired property
§ 43-8-224 Anti-lapse provision; applicability to deceased devisees and to class gifts
§ 43-8-225 Effect of failure of testamentary provisions
§ 43-8-226 Specific devise of securities; change in securities; accessions; nonademption
§ 43-8-227 Nonademption of specific devises in certain cases; proceeds of sale, condemnation, insurance or foreclosure; sale by guardian or curator
§ 43-8-228 Nonexoneration
§ 43-8-229 Exercise of power of appointment
§ 43-8-230 Construction of generic terms to accord with relationships as defined for intestate succession; when person born out of wedlock treated as child of father
§ 43-8-231 Ademption by satisfaction
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Terms Used In Alabama Code > Title 43 > Chapter 8 > Article 8 - Construction of Wills

  • Common disaster: A sudden and extraordinary misfortune that brings about the simultaneous or near-simultaneous deaths of two or more associated persons, such as husband and wife.
  • Decedent: A deceased person.
  • Devise: To gift property by will.
  • Foreclosure: A legal process in which property that is collateral or security for a loan may be sold to help repay the loan when the loan is in default. Source: OCC
  • Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
  • Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
  • Intestate: Dying without leaving a will.
  • Lineal descendant: Direct descendant of the same ancestors.
  • Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
  • person: includes a corporation as well as a natural person. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
  • property: includes both real and personal property. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
  • state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
  • Testator: A male person who leaves a will at death.
  • writing: includes typewriting and printing on paper. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
  • year: means a calendar year; but, whenever the word "year" is used in reference to any appropriations for the payment of money out of the treasury, it shall mean fiscal year. See Alabama Code 1-1-1