Does the term "descendants" mean limitation of a gift?
Saskatchewan, Canada
The following excerpt is from Last Will and Testament (Orville Swenson), 2012 SKQB 540 (CanLII):
In Re Sleeman, Cragoe v. Goodman, (1929) W.N. 16 (Ch), it was held that the term “descendants” was a term of limitation of a gift in a context similar to that before me.
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