Tennessee § 32-1-101 - Chapter definitions.

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§ 32-1-101. Chapter definitions.

As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires: “Person” includes either man or woman, single or married; and “Will” includes codicil. Acts 1941, ch. 125, § 1; C. Supp. 1950, § 8098.1; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 32-101. Cross-References. Jurisdiction of chancery courts of probate and related matters, title 16, ch. 16, part 2. Living wills, title 32, ch. 11. Textbooks. Pritchard on Wills and Administration of Estates (4th ed., Phillips and Robinson), §§ 1, 2, 4-6, 11, 24, 82, 194, 224, 986, 1034. Tennessee Forms (Robinson, Ramsey and Harwell), Nos. 4-501 — 4-503, 4-505, 4-506. Tennessee Jurisprudence, 25 Tenn. Juris., Wills, § 11. Law Reviews. Attorney v. Client — Privity, Malpractice, and the Lack of Respect for the Primacy of the Attorney-Client Relationship in Estate Planning, 68 Tenn. L. Rev. 261 (2001). Booby Traps in Drafting Wills (Raymond B. Witt, Jr.), 25 Tenn. L. Rev. 345 (1958). Confused by tax reforms? Follow these 10 key rules for better estate planning in Tennessee (Dan W. Holbrook), 37 No. 8 Tenn. B.J. 12 (2001). Effects of the Enactment of the 1941 Wills Act, 17 Tenn. L. Rev. 447 (1943). Ethics — Petty v. Privette: Exclusion of Attorney Liability in the Area of Estate Administration, 23 Mem. St. U.L. Rev. 687 (1993). Holographic Wills, 17 Tenn. L. Rev. 440 (1943). Some Aspects of Estate Planning In Tennessee (Alec Brock Stevenson), 2 Vand. L. Rev. 265 (1949). Survey of Tennessee Property Law, IV. Transfers of Land (Beverly A. Rowlett), 48 Tenn. L. Rev. 72 (1981). Symposium: The Role of Federal Law in Private Wealth Transfer: A Fresh Look at State Asset Protection Trust Statutes, 67 Vand. L. Rev. 1741 (2014). Symposium: The Role of Federal Law in Private Wealth Transfer: Comment, Federalizing Principles of Donative Intent and Unanticipated Circumstances, 67 Vand. L. Rev. 1931 (2014). Symposium: The Role of Federal Law in Private Wealth Transfer: Comment, Is Federalization of Charity Law All Bad? What States Can Learn from the Internal Revenue Code, 67 Vand. L. Rev. 1621 (2014). Symposium: The Role of Federal Law in Private Wealth Transfer: Comment, The Stored Communications Act and Digital Assets, 67 Vand. L. Rev. 1729 (2014). Symposium: The Role of Federal Law in Private Wealth Transfer: Destructive Federal Preemption of State Wealth Transfer Law in Beneficiary Designation Cases: Hillman Doubles Down on Egelhoff, 67 Vand. L. Rev. 1665 (2014). Symposium: The Role of Federal Law in Private Wealth Transfer: Disclaimers and Federalism, 67 Vand. L. Rev. 1871 (2014). Symposium: The Role of Federal Law in Private Wealth Transfer: Federal Visions of Private Family Support, 67 Vand. L. Rev. 1835 (2014). Symposium: The Role of Federal Law in Private Wealth Transfer: In Search of the Probate Exception, 67 Vand. L. Rev. 1533 (2014). Symposium: The Role of Federal Law in Private Wealth Transfer: Introduction, 67 Vand. L. Rev. 1531 (2014). Symposium: The Role of Federal Law in Private Wealth Transfer: Probate Law Meets the Digital Age, 67 Vand. L. Rev. 1697 (2014). Symposium: The Role of Federal Law in Private Wealth Transfer: The Creeping Federalization of Wealth-Transfer Law, 67 Vand. L. Rev. 1635 (2014). Symposium: The Role of Federal Law in Private Wealth Transfer: Unconstitutional Perpetual Trusts, 67 Vand. L. Rev. 1769 (2014). The Form of Wills (Ernst Rabel), 6 Vand. L. Rev. 533 (1953). The Holographic Codicil (Ronald Lee Gilman), 18 No. 3 Tenn. B.J. 60 (1982). Uniform Wills Act of 1941, 17 Tenn. L. Rev. 370 (1943). Value definition clauses: The basics (Dan W. Holbrook), 37 No. 3 Tenn. B.J. 33 (2001). Wills — Attestation — Subscribing Witness Denies Facts of Attestation Clause, 20 Tenn. L. Rev. 396 (1948). Wills, Estates and Trusts (William J. Bowe), 6 Vand. L. Rev. 1126 (1953). Wills — Probate of Extrinsic Documents as Part of Testamentary Disposition, 28 Tenn. L. Rev. 593 (1961).

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