05161nam 2200601 450 991046419180332120200520144314.09966-031-91-X(CKB)3710000000125868(EBL)1707212(SSID)ssj0001226277(PQKBManifestationID)12444935(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001226277(PQKBWorkID)11273374(PQKB)10773890(MiAaPQ)EBC1707212(OCoLC)899266863(MdBmJHUP)muse38437(Au-PeEL)EBL1707212(CaPaEBR)ebr10879038(OCoLC)881417039(EXLCZ)99371000000012586820110606h20102010 uy| 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrA casebook on the law of succession /William MusyokaNairobi, Kenya :LawAfrica Pub.,[2010]©20101 online resource (766 p.)Description based upon print version of record.9966-7448-5-1 Includes bibliographical references.Cover; Title page; Copyright page; Contents; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; TABLE OF STATUTES; TABLE OF TREATIES; LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS AND LAW REPORTS; TABLE OF CASES; PART ONE -INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER 1 - HISTORY OF LAW OF SUCCESSION IN KENYA; 1.1 INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER 2 - THE LAW OF SUCCESSION APPLYING IN KENYA AFTER1981; 2.1 THE LAW OF SUCCESSION ACT IS THE GENERAL LAW OF SUCCESSION INKENYA; 2.2 THE LAW APPLYING TO ESTATES OF PERSONS DYING BEFORE THEACT CAME INTO FORCE; 2.3 THE APPLICATION OF SECTION 3(2) OF THE JUDICATURE ACT (CHAPTER8, LAWS OF KENYA) IN SUCCESSION CAUSES2.4 AFRICAN CUSTOMARY LAW, THE REPUGNANCY CLAUSE AND SUCCESSION MATTERS2.5 THE CONSTITUTION AND THE REPUGNANCY CLAUSE; 2.6 THE APPLICATION OF ISLAMIC LAW; 2.7 THE APPLICATION OF FOREIGN LAW; PART TWO - TESTATE SUCCESSION; CHAPTER 3 - THE NATURE AND FUNCTION OF WILLS; 3.1 A WILL DISPOSES OF PROPERTY; 3.2 CONDITIONAL WILLS; 3.3 GIFTS IN CONTEMPLATION OF DEATH; CHAPTER 4 - THE CREATION OF A VALID WILL; 4.1 INTRODUCTION; 4.2 MENTAL OR TESTAMENTARY CAPACITY; 4.3 INSANE DELUSIONS; 4.4 BURDEN OF PROOF; 4.5 THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE MAKING OF THE WILL: KNOWLEDGE AND APPROVAL4.6 EXECUTION AND ATTESTATION4.7 WILL WRITTEN IN COMBINATION OF INK AND PENCIL; 4.8 INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE; 4.9 ORAL WILL; 4.10 PRIVILEGED WILL; 4.11 DISREGARDING A WILL; CHAPTER 5 - REVOCATION, ALTERATION AND REVIVAL OF WILLS; 5.1 INTRODUCTION; 5.2 EXPRESS REVOCATION; 5.3 IMPLIED REVOCATION; 5.4 REVOCATION BY DESTRUCTION; 5.5 REVOCATION BY MARRIAGE; 5.6 REVOCATION BY DIVORCE; 5.7 ALTERATION OF WILLS; 5.8 REVIVAL OF WILLS; CHAPTER 6 - GIFTS BY WILL AND THEIR FAILURE; 6.1 INTRODUCTION; 6.2 GIFTS BY WILL; 6.3 THE DOCTRINE OF ADEMPTION; 6.4 THE DOCTRINE OF LAPSE; 6.5 UNCERTAINTYCHAPTER 7 - CONSTRUCTION OF WILLS7.1 INTRODUCTION; 7.2 INTENTION OF THE TESTATOR; 7.3 SPECIAL OR TECHNICAL WORDS; 7.4 THE DICTIONARY PRINCIPLE; 7.5 ASCERTAINMENT OF BENEFICIARIES AND THE SUBJECT MATTER OF GIFTS; PART THREE - INTESTACY; CHAPTER 8 - INTESTATE SUCCESSION; 8.1 INTRODUCTION; 8.2 CUSTOMARY LAW AND PART V OF THE LAW OF SUCCESSION ACT; 8.3 RIGHTS OF A SURVIVING SPOUSE; 8.4 THE RIGHTS OF CHILDREN; 8.5 RIGHTS OF OTHER RELATIVES OF THE DECEASED; 8.6 DIVISION OF A POLYGAMIST'S ESTATE; 8.7 DEVOLUTION TO THE STATE; PART FOUR - PROTECTION OF ESTATES; CHAPTER 9 - PROTECTION PROVISIONS9.1 INTRODUCTION9.2 INTERMEDDLING; 9.3 PUBLIC OFFICERS AND PROTECTION OF ESTATES; PART FIVE - GRANTS OF REPRESENTATION; CHAPTER 10 - GRANTS OF REPRESENTATION; 10.1 INTRODUCTION; 10.2 EXECUTORS AND ADMINISTRATORS; 10.3 PERSONS ENTITLED TO A GRANT; 10.4 GRANT OF PROBATE; 10.5 GRANT OF LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION; 10.6 LIMITED GRANTS; 10.7 FOREIGN GRANTS; CHAPTER 11 - PROBATE JURISDICTION; 11.1 INTRODUCTION; 11.2 ORIGINAL JURISDICTION; 11.3 APPELLATE JURISDICTION; 11.4 INHERENT JURISDICTION; 11.5 THE CIVIL PROCEDURE AND PROBATE PRACTICE; CHAPTER 12 - NON-CONTENTIOUS PROBATE; 12.1 INTRODUCTION12.2 CITATIONSThis text broadly and comprehensively covers the area of law of succession in Kenya. It exposes the substantive succession legal regime applying in Kenya as well as the Kenyan probate practice. It is tailored specifically for the legal practitioner, the Magistrate and Judge and the law student William Musyoka holds L.L.B and LL.M degrees from the University of Nairobi. He is an Advocate of the High Court of Kenya and a law lecturer. He has taught the law of succession at the Kenya School of Law and is currently teaching the subject at the School of Law, University of Nairobi.Inheritance and successionKenyaCasesElectronic books.Inheritance and successionMusyoka William1052548MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910464191803321A casebook on the law of succession2490325UNINA