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Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975 (1975 c 63) | Legislation

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(1) In this Act—

“beneficiary”, in relation to the estate of a deceased person, means—

(a) a person who under the will of the deceased or under the law relating to intestacy is beneficially interested in the estate or would be so interested if an order had not been made under this Act, and

(b) a person who has received any sum of money or other property which by virtue of section 8(1) or 8(2) of this Act is treated as part of the net estate of the deceased or would have received that sum or other property if an order had not been made under this Act;

“child” includes an illegitimate child and a child en ventre sa mere at the death of the deceased;

“the court” [unless the context otherwise requires] means the High Court, or where [the county] court has jurisdiction by virtue of section [25 of the County Courts Act 1984], [the county] court;

[“former civil partner” means a person whose civil partnership with the deceased was during the lifetime of the deceased either—

(a) dissolved or annulled by an order made under the law of any part of the British Islands, or

(b)