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Wills Act, 2002 (Cap. 115).

Country/Territory
Bahamas
Document type
Legislation
Date
2002
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Long title
An Act to make fresh provision for the law of wills; and for connected purposes.
Subject
Land & soil
Keyword
Inheritance
Geographical area
Americas, Caribbean, Small Island Developing States
Abstract

An Act to provide for deeds of inheritance of property including real estates. The Act consists of 45 sections divide into 6 Parts: Preliminary (I); Wills; rectification and interpretation of wills (II); Wills executed outside the Bahamas (III); Members of defence force (IV); Mariners and seamen (V); General (VI). “Real estate” is defined in section 2 as “messuages, lands, rents and hereditaments, whether freehold or of any other tenure, and whether corporeal or incorporeal or personal, and any

Full text
English
Website
laws.bahamas.gov.bs