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SECTION A: INTRODUCTION •Wills and other Testamentary instruments •Wills and conflict of Laws SECTION B: MAKING A WILL •Formal Validity •Substantial Validity •Incorporation of Documents •Alterations •Revocation •Revival and Republication •What property may be disposed of by Will? •The Equitable doctrine of Election •Who may be Devisees of Legatees? •Provision for the Deceased’s Family and Dependants SECTION C: UNDERSTANDING A WILL •Admissibility of Evidence as an aid to Construction •General Principles of Construction •Alteration and Revocation of Gifts •Types of Legacy •Gifts over •Testamentary Options •Gifts and Annuities •Gifts for Charitable Purposes •Residuary Gifts and Partial Intestacy •Description of Things •Description of Beneficiaries: General •Description of Beneficiaries: Relationships •Description of Beneficiaries: Children •Description of Beneficiaries: Class Gifts •Descriptions of Interests •Conditions •Vesting •Perpetuity and Accumulation •Execution of Powers SECTION D: GIVING EFFECT TO WILLS •Probate and its Effect •Administration •Administrative powers of Trustees •Double Portions •Income or Interest Carried by Gifts SECTION E: PROFESSIONAL NEGLIGENCE •Professional Negligence