Wills CHECK YOUR ENGLISH VOCABULARY FOR LAW

CHECK YOUR ENGLISH VOCABULARY FOR LAW

Wills

Complete definitions and explanations 1 – 15 below with words and expressions from the box. administrator benefactor beneficiary codicil deceased dependants estate executor inherit inheritance intestate living wills of age of sound mind power of attorney probate testament trust trustee 1 A will is often also known in legal terms as a last will and ________. 2 When someone makes a will, they must be ________ (in other words, they must be mentally healthy), and must be ________(ie, over 18 in Britain) 3 When a person is making a will, their first concern is usually for their ________ (the people who he / she supports financially, for example, his / her children). 4 A person who has died recently is often referred to as the ________. 5 Someone who dies without making a will is said to have died ________. 6 ________ is the legal acceptance that a document, and especially a will, is valid. 7 If a person dies without making a will, a person known as an _______ might be appointed by a court to represent the deceased. 8 A ________ is a document which makes a change or an addition to a will. 9 A person who is appointed by a person making his / her will to make sure that the terms of the will are carried out is called an ________. 10 A person who gives property or money to others in a will is called a ________, and the person who is left money or property in a will is called a ________. 11 The money and property that is owned by a person, especially someone who has died, is known as an ________. 12 ________ is a verb which means 'to acquire something from a person who has died'. The property which is received is called an ________. 13 Money or property which is looked after for someone by someone else (for example, money which has been left in a will that someone will receive when they reach a particular age) is called a ________. The person who looks after this money is called a ________. 14 People who are seriously ill often appoint someone to deal with their affairs for them. This is called ________. 15 Many people now write special healthcare directives called ________, which indicate how they want to be treated if they become seriously ill.

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