1 Meaning of certain words in this Act: “Will”: “Real estate”: “Personal estate”: Number: Gender
Wills Act 1837 (1837 c 26) | Legislation

1  Meaning of certain words in this Act: “Will”: “Real estate”: “Personal estate”: Number: Gender

< . . . > the words and expressions herein-after mentioned, which in their ordinary signification have a more confined or a different meaning, shall in this Act, except where the nature of the provisions or the context of the Act shall exclude such construction, be interpreted as follows; (that is to say,) the word “will” shall extend to a testament, and

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