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PUBLIC LAW 89-183-SEPT. 14, 1965

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Public Law 89-183 AN ACT

September 14, 1965

To enact Part III of the District of Columbia Code, entitled "Decedents' Estates and Fiduciary Relations", codifying the general and permanent laws relating to decedents' estates and fiduciary relations in the District of Columbia.

[H. R. 4465]

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the general P aD.C. Code, r t III. and permanent laws of the District of Columbia relating to wills and ^ Decadents' the probate of wills, descent and distribution, administration of ^?!^*^^ ^"^^ ^ decedents' estates, certain fiduciary relations, including provisions t i o n =^^'"y ' "'s. relating to guardians and wards, gifts to minors, and fiduciaries generally, and the mentally ill, are revised, codified, and enacted as Part III of the District of Columbia Code, "Decedents' Estates and Fiduciary Relations", and may be cited "D.C. Code § —", as follows:

PART III DECEDENTS' ESTATES AND FIDUCIARY RELATIONS TITLE

SECTION

18. WILLS AND PROBATE OF WILLS 19. DESCENT AND DISTRIBUTION 20. ADMINISTRATION OF DECEDENTS' ESTATES 21. FIDUCIARY RELATIONS AND THE MENTALLY ILL

18-101 19-101 20-101 21-101

TITLE 18—WILLS AND PROBATE OF WILLS CHAPTEB 1. GENEKAL PROVISIONS 3. DEVISES AND BEQUESTS 5. PBOBATE OF WILLS

Sec. 18-101 18-301 1&-501

CHAPTER 1—GENERAL PROVISIONS Sec. 18-101. 18-102. 18-103. 18-104. 18-105. 18-106. 18-107. 18-108. 18-109. 18-110. 18-111. 18-112.

Definitions. Capacity to make a will. Execution of written will; attestation. Devises, legacies, etc., to attesting witnesses. Retention or demand of void devise or legacy by attesting witness prohibited. Creditors as competent witnesses. Nuncupative wills. Execution of power by will. Revocation of wills; revival. Opening will before delivery to Probate Court. Withholding wilL Taking and carrying away, or destroying, mutilating, or secreting will.

§ 18-101. Definitions As used in this title, unless the context requires a different meaning: words importing the singular include the plural, and words importing the plural include the singular; words importing the masculine gender include all genders; the present tense includes the future as well as the present; "District Court" means the United States District Court for the District of Columbia; and "Probate Court" and "court", respectively^ mean the United States District Court for the District of Columbia m the exercise of its probate jurisdiction.

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