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An incidence common to the two types of wills
Attitude of courts to wills
Burden on executors whenever the validity of a Will is challenged
Distinction between the rules relating to formal validity of a will and the rules of law pertaining to the determination of the effectiveness and consequences of a will
Duty of the courts with regard to wills
Effect of a joint tenancy clause in a will
Elements of a valid will
How a will should be read
Instances when instructions given for a will are admissible
On what part of the will the witnesses are required to subscribe
Position of the law where there is consistency of intention between the instructions and the final will and the intention is conveyed by clear and unambiguous words
Role of the Court in ascertaining the validity of a Will
The age of testamentary capacity in Ghana
The number of witnesses required to attest to a will
The position of the law on the form of a will
The rule that a will is the product of testator’s intent and wishes
The rule that where there is proof of a testator’s signature, it is presumed that he knew the contents and effect of the will
What must be proved by the propounder of a will
What the principle that a will is ambulatory entails
When a property devised under a will vests in the beneficiary
When a will has legal effect
Whether a bequest to an heir is not valid unless the heirs consent to it under Mohammedan law
Whether a handwritten will must be written in the handwriting of the testator himself
Whether a Mohammedan can make a will
Whether a personal representative to whom a testator devises all his property takes the properties absolutely
Whether a property held on behalf of a group of persons can be the subject-matter of a testamentary disposition by an individual person in his own right
Whether a property registered in a child's name can be devised in a will
Whether a testator can make separate devises to the same person in different clauses in the same will
Whether a will made by an illiterate without an illiterate jurat is valid
Whether a will which fails to meet the requirements of Act 360 will be honoured as a valid samansiw
Whether an executor under a testamentary disposition in which he himself was a beneficiary can challenge the validity of the will he was administering without attempting to renounce probate
Whether inaccurate references to beneficiaries invalidates bequests
Whether the attesting witnesses need to know that the document is a will
Whether the attesting witnesses to a will must testify where the will is produced for probate
Whether the court can expunge passages from the will of a testator
Whether the court can interfere with the will of a deceased
Whether the court can rewrite a will
Whether the fact that a Ghanaian made a will in English Language makes the will an English will
Whether the personal law of the testator applies to the construction of bequests and devises in a will
Whether the right of a married person to make a will depends on the system of his marriage
Whether the will of a testator must be registered; where it must be registered
Whether wills can be executed in duplicates
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