The book of household management : comprising information for the mistress ... also, sanitary, medical, & legal memoranda; with a history of the origin, properties, and uses of all things connected with home life and comfort / by Mrs. Isabella Beeton.

  • Isabella Beeton
Date:
[1869]
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Credit: The book of household management : comprising information for the mistress ... also, sanitary, medical, & legal memoranda; with a history of the origin, properties, and uses of all things connected with home life and comfort / by Mrs. Isabella Beeton. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    2872. —111 sudden emergencies a forfn may be useful ; and the following has been considered a good one for a death-bed will, where the assistance of a solicitor could not be obtained, subject to variation according to circumstances. I, A. B., of No. 10, Street, in the city of [gentleman, builder, or grocer, as the case may be], being of sound mind, thus publish and declare my last will and testament. Revoking and annulling all former dispositions of my property, I give and bequeath as fol- lows :—to my son J. B., of , I give and bequeath the sum of ; to my daughter M., the wife of J., of , I give and bequeath the sum of —— [if intended for her own use, add, “ to her sole and separate use, free from the control, debts, and incumbrances of her hus- band ”], both in addition to any sum or sums of money or other property they have before had from me. All the remaining property I die possessed of I leave to my dear wife M. B., for her sole and separate use during her natural life, together with my house and furniture, situate at No. 10, Street, aforesaid. At her death, I desire that the said house shall be sold, with all the goods and chattels therein [or, I give and bequeath the said house, with all the goods and chattels therein, to ], and the money realized from the sale, together with that in which my said wife had a life-interest, I give and bequeath in equal moieties to my son and daughter before-named. I appoint my dear friend T. S., of , and T. B., of -. together with my wife M. B., as executors to this my last will and testament. Dated this day of 18 . A.B. Signed, acknowledged, and declared by the said A. B., as and for his last will and testa- ment in the presence of us, who, being present at the same time in his presence, at his request, and in the presence of each other, have hereunto subscribed our names as witnesses. T. S., of, &c. F. M., of, &c. It is to be observed that the signature of the testator, after this attestation has been signed by the witnesses, is not a compliance with the act; he must sign first. 2873. —Stamp-Duties.—In the case of persons dying intestate, when their effects are administered to by their family, the stamp-duty is nearly half as much more as it would have been under a will. Freehold and copyhold estates are now subject to a special impost on passing, by the Stamp Act of 1857, called “The Succession Duty Actbut real property is not liable to probate duty, unless it be directed to be sold. 2874. —The legacy-duty only commences when it amounts to 201. and up- wards ; and where it is not directed otherwise, the duty is deducted from the legacy. 2875. —You cannot compound for past absence of charity by bequeathing land or tenements, or money to purchase such, to any charitable use, by your last will and testament; but you may devise them to the British Museum, to cither of the two Universities of Oxford and Cambridge, to Eton, Winchester, and Westminster ; and you may, if so inclined, leave it for the augmentation of Queen Anne’s Bounty. You may, however, order your executors to sell land, and hand over the money received to any charitable institution. 2876. —If you have advanced money to any child, and taken an acknowledg- ment for it, or entered it in any book of account, you should declare whether any legacy left by will is in addition to such advance, or whether it is to be deducted from the legacy. 2S77.—A legacy left by will to any one would be cancelled by your leaving another legacy by a codicil to the same person, unless it is stated to be in addi- tion to the former bequest.