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111wish — Eager desire; longing; expression of desire; a thing desired; an object of desire. As used in wills, it is sometimes merely directory or precatory; and sometimes mandatory; being equivalent to will, to give or devise …
112desire — To wish; to express a wish. A precatory term, but in the proper context, a word of disposition or gift in a will. 57 Am J1st Wills § 1328. A mandatory direction as it appears in a will providing for the payment of inheritance taxes from the… …
113direct — Verb: To guide; to regulate; to control. Sometimes creative of a trust as a precatory term. Collister v Fassitt, 163 NY 281, 57 NE 490. Adjective: Immediate or proximate as distinguished from remote. Ermentrout v Girard Fire & Marine Ins. Co. 63… …
114hope — A desire; an expectation. A precatory word; the equivalent of a command or direction in a will where coming from a testator who has the power to command. Pembroke Academy v Epsom School Dist. 75 NH 408, 75 A 100. A term of the old English for… …
115open trust — An active trust, which may in some instances be a precatory trust. Anno: 49 ALR 64 …
116recommend — To speak with favor. To advise in favor of a course of action to be taken. In the context of a will, usually the equivalent of a direction to be followed by the executor. Pembroke Academy v Epsom School Dist. 75 NH 408, 75 A 100. A word of… …
117recommendatory words — See precatory words …
118request — To ask or express a wish for something. Philomath College v Wyatt, 27 Or 390, 31 P 206, 216. Sometimes to direct or command, although in a delicate manner. In other words, a precatory word, subject to construction in a proper case as a mandatory… …
119testamentary trust — A trust created by will. See precatory trust …
120trusting — In some contexts, a precatory word operating in the creation of a trust. Anno: 49 ALR 81 …
