will
legal declaration by which a person names one or more persons to manage their estate and provide for the distribution of their property at death (common law)
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Summary
will is a legal term or legal concept[1]. will ranks in the top 5% of legal term or legal concept entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,167 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Subclass of: legal transaction[3], egodocument[4]
- Commons category: Wills[5]
- Has part(s): bequest[6], Islamic will[7], codicil[8]
- Topic's main category: Category:Wills and testaments by person[9], Category:Wills and trusts[10]
- Facet of: inheritance[11]
- Described by source: Otto's encyclopedia[12], Russian translation of Lübker's Antiquity Lexicon[13], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[14], Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron[15], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[16], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[17], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 5[18], Pauly–Wissowa[19], Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[20]
- Topic has template: Template:Wills, trusts, estates[21]
- Native label: testamentum[22]
- Different from: Q16512610[23]
- Signatory: testator[24]
- History of topic: Legal history of wills[25]
Why It Matters
will has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[26] will is known by 62 alternative names across languages and contexts.[27]
will has been cited as an influence by Great Stork Derby[28], a competition[29].
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will has been cited as an influence by Great Stork Derby[28].