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n

A document disposing of a personÂ’s personal property upon his or her death, distinct from a will, which is a devise of real estate.

Webster's New World Law Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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