Some couples pledged to bequeath a portion of their estates, however modest, to an adopted son or daughter. |
All persons of sound mind are competent to bequeath and devise real and personal estate, excepting infants and married women. |
He gave his overcoat to an alcoholic panhandler on the street in return for a promise that the man would bequeath him his liver for research. |
All the residue of my estate, including real and personal property, I give, devise, and bequeath to Earlham College. |
The bit we like best is the idea that tax relief is available today for money that donors agree to bequeath to charities on their death. |
I bequeath three-fiftieths thereof to my niece Louisa, daughter of my brother Amos. |