LEADER 04980nam 2200613 450 001 9910786685603321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a9966-53-003-7 035 $a(CKB)3710000000125878 035 $a(EBL)1707222 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001227416 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12475659 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001227416 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11278405 035 $a(PQKB)10236430 035 $a(OCoLC)899266879 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse38447 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1707222 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10879029 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL664292 035 $a(OCoLC)881417099 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1707222 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000125878 100 $a20070212h20062006 uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|||||||nn|n 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aLaw of succession /$fWilliam Musyoka 210 1$aNairobi :$cLawAfrica,$d[2006] 210 4$dİ2006 215 $a1 online resource (409 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-322-33010-7 311 $a9966-7121-3-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $aCover; Title page; Copyright page; Contents; TABLE OF STATUTES; LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS AND LAW REPORTS; TABLE OF CASES; PART ONE -INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER ONE -INTRODUCTION; 1.1 INTRODUCTION; 1.2 BACKGROUND; 1.3 THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SUCCESSION LAW AND OTHER AREAS OF LAW; 1.4 TESTATE AND INTESTATE SUCCESSION; CHAPTER TWO -HISTORY OF THE LAW OF SUCCESSION IN KENYA; 2.1 INTRODUCTION; 2.2 THE LAW APPLYING TO AFRICANS; 2.3 THE LAW APPLYING TO MUSLIMS; 2.4 THE LAW APPLYING TO HINDUS; 2.5 THE LAW APPLYING TO EUROPEANS; CHAPTER THREE - THE LAW OF SUCCESSION APPLYING IN KENYA AFTER 1981 327 $a3.1 INTRODUCTION 3.2 THE LAW OF SUCCESSION ACT; 3.3 AFRICAN CUSTOMARY LAW; 3.4 AFRICAN CUSTOMARY LAW AND THE LAW OF SUCCESSION ACT; 3.5 ISLAMIC LAW; 3.6 ISLAMIC LAW AND THE LAW OF SUCCESSION ACT; 3.7 THE STATUTES REPEALED BY SECTION 99 OF THE LAW OF SUCCESSION ACT; 3.8 THE TRUSTEE ACT, THE TRUSTS OF LAND ACT,THE PUBLIC TRUSTEE ACT AND THE ARMED FORCES ACT; 3.9 LAW OF THE DOMICILE OF THE DECEASED OWNER OF MOVABLE PROPERTY; PART TWO -TESTATE SUCCESSION; CHAPTER FOUR -THE NATURE AND FUNCTION OF WILLS; 4.1 INTRODUCTION; 4.2 NATURE AND FUNCTION OF WILLS; 4.3 CHARACTERISTICS OF A WILL 327 $a4.4 THE ADVANTAGES OF MAKING A WILL 4.5 PROPERTY PASSING UPON DEATH OTHER THAN BY WILL; 4.6 CONDITIONAL AND JOINT WILLS; CHAPTER FIVE -THE CREATION OF A VALID WILL; 5.1 INTRODUCTION; 5.2 CAPACITY; 5.3 KNOWLEDGE AND APPROVAL; 5.4 MARRIED WOMEN; 5.5 FORM; 5.6 THE DOCTRINE OF INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE; 5.7 VALIDITY OF WILLS OUTSIDE THE SCOPE OF THE LAW OF SUCCESSION ACT; 5.8 PRIVILEGED WILLS; CHAPTER SIX -REVOCATION, ALTERATION AND REVIVAL OF WILLS; 6.1 INTRODUCTION; 6.2 REVOCATION; 6.3 EXPRESS REVOCATION; 6.4 IMPLIED REVOCATION; 6.5 REVOCATION BY DESTRUCTION 327 $a6.6 PRESUMPTION CONCERNING REVOCATION BY DESTRUCTION 6.7 DOCTRINE OF CONDITIONAL REVOCATION; 6.8 REVOCATION BY MARRIAGE; 6.9 REVOCATION BY DIVORCE; 6.10 REVOCATION OF WRITTEN WILL BY ORAL WILL; 6.11 ALTERATION OF WILLS AND CODICILS; 6.12 REVIVAL OF WILLS; CHAPTER SEVEN -GIFTS BY WILL AND THEIR FAILURE; 7.1 INTRODUCTION; 7.2 TYPES OF GIFTS; 7.3 DOCTRINE OF ELECTION; 7.4 PRESUMPTION OF SATISFACTION; 7.5 DOCTRINE OF ADEMPTION; 7.6 DOCTRINE OF LAPSE; 7.7 COMMENTATES OR SURVIVORSHIP; 7.8 MISTAKE, FRAUD AND UNDUE INFLUENCE; 7.9 UNCERTAINTY 327 $a7.10 BENEFICIARY OR SPOUSE OF BENEFICIARY WITNESSING THE WILL 7.11 FORFEITURE; 7.12 DISCLAIMER; 7.13 PERPETUITY; 7.14 PRIVATE PURPOSE TRUSTS; CHAPTER EIGHT -CONSTRUCTION OF WILLS; 8.1 INTRODUCTION; 8.2 THE COURT CONSTRUES WILLS, IT DOES NOT REMAKE THEM; 8.3 WORDS ARE CONSTRUED IN THEIR ORDINARY NATURAL SENSE; 8.4 THE WILL MUST BE READ AS A WHOLE; 8.5 THE WILL MUST SPEAK FOR ITSELF; 8.6 ASCERTAINING THE SUBJECT MATTER OF GIFTS; 8.7 ASCERTAINING THE BENEFICIARIES; 8.8 THE CLASS CLOSING RULES; PART THREE -INTESTACY; CHAPTER NINE -INTESTATE SUCCESSION; 9.1 INTRODUCTION 327 $a9.2 EXEMPTION OF CERTAIN PROPERTY FROM THE INTESTACY PROVISIONS 330 $aThis 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. Some of the key areas covered include; Testate Succession; Intestacy; Post-Mortem alterations among many others. It is currently the only text on succession law in Kenya. 606 $aInheritance and succession$zKenya 615 0$aInheritance and succession 700 $aMusyoka$b William$01483672 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910786685603321 996 $aLaw of succession$93764731 997 $aUNINA