Acts and Regulations

W-9 - Wills Act

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Devise or bequest includes property that testator has power to appoint
24(1)Except where a contrary intention appears by the will, a general devise of
(a) the real property of the testator,
(b) the real property of the testator in a place mentioned in the will or in the occupation of a person mentioned in the will, or
(c) real property described in a general manner,
includes any real property or any real property to which the description extends, that he has power to appoint in any manner he thinks proper and operates as an execution of the power.
24(2)Except where a contrary intention appears by the will, a bequest of
(a) the personal property of the testator, or
(b) personal property described in a general manner
includes any personal property or any personal property to which the description extends, that he has power to appoint in any manner he thinks proper and operates as an execution of the power.
1959, c.15, s.24