the old law, to have subsequently so dealt with such estates, as to have revoked the devise by construction: no such act is in future to constitute a revocation. CHAP. VI. OF THE FORMS OF WILLS. In cases where a person chooses to make his own will without professional assistance, which, it is certain, many persons always will choose to do, the following precedents will, it is hoped, afford some aid. COMMENCEMENT OF A WILL. "I James Davis, of No. 15, Stamford Street, Blackfriars Road, in the County of Surrey, gen tleman, do, this day of make this my last will and testament." Or, more formally, thus :— 18-, "I David James, of Finch Lane, Cornhill, in the city of London, Grocer, being weak in health, but of sound and disposing mind, memory, and understanding, do this day of in the year of our Lord one thousand, make this my eight hundred, and thirty last will and testament, in manner and form following." Or, still more formally, thus : "In the name of God, Amen! I Charles Edwards, of Hornsey, in the County of Middlesex, Esquire, being weak in health, but of sound and disposing mind, memory, and understanding, blessed be God for the same, do, this first day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand, eight hundred, and thirty-eight, make, publish, and declare this my last will and testament, in manner and form following; that is to say, first and principally, I commend my soul into the hands of Almighty God, my Creator, hoping for a glorious resurrection, and a remission of all my sins, through the merits and mediation of my blessed Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, and my body I commit to the earth, to be decently interred at the discretion of my executors hereinafter named. "And as to such worldly estate of which I may die possessed, I give and bequeath the same as follows :". It should be observed, that what is termed the addition to a testator's name, as whether widow, spinster, or bachelor, esquire, gentleman, grocer, baker, &c., should be accurately stated; and that the full name and address should be cor rectly set forth. The rest is matter of taste, and one form as good as another. FORMS OF BEQUESTS. 1. A simple legacy of money. "I give and bequeath unto my friend, John Dawson, Esq., of Place, Battersea, Surrey, the legacy or sum of fifty pounds, to be paid him within six months after my decease." 2. A legacy of stock in the funds. "And I give and bequeath unto my nephew, Robert Wilson, son of my deceased brother Robert, the sum of £200 three per cent. Consolidated Bank Annuities, standing in my name in the books of the Governor and Company of the Bank of England, and I direct my executors to transfer the same unto my said nephew within six months after my decease." 3. A release of debt. "And whereas, Henry Thompson, of St. Albans, in the County of Herts., Linendraper, is indebted to me in the sum of one hundred pounds sterling, on bill of exchange overdue. Now I do hereby give, forgive, and release unto him, the said Henry Thompson, the said sum of one hundred pounds, together with all interest that at the time of my death may be due to me thereon." 4. A legacy to a public charity. "I give and bequeath unto the President, Treasurer, and Governors of Christ's Hospital, London, the sum of five hundred pounds sterling, to be by them applied for the purposes of the said institution." 5. A legacy to the poor of a parish. "And I give and bequeath unto the Rector and Churchwardens of the parish of St. James, Westminster, the sum of fifty pounds, upon trust, to pay and apply the same for the benefit of the poor of the said parish in such manner as they shall think proper." 6. A legacy to different persons in succession. "Also I give and bequeath unto my executors hereinafter named, the sum of three hundred pounds sterling, upon trust, with all convenient speed, to lay out and invest the same in some or one of the public funds of Great Britain, and receive the interest and dividends arising therefrom as they shall become due, and pay the same unto my dear sister Emma Fielding, for and |