If a devisee or legatee dies before the testator, or is dead at the making of the will, leaving issue who survive the testator, such issue shall take the estate devised or bequeathed, as the devisee or legatee would have done if he had survived the testator, unless a different disposition thereof is made or required by the will.
Effective: October 1, 1942

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Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 394.400

  • Legatee: A beneficiary of a decedent
  • Testator: A male person who leaves a will at death.

History: Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky.
Stat. sec. 4841.