Category: Nigeria


  • Section 22 Wills Act 1837 Section 22 of the Wills Act 1837 is about No revoked will shall be revived otherwise than by re-execution or a codicil., etc. It provides as follows: No will or codicil, or any part thereof, which shall be in any manner revoked, shall be revived otherwise than by the re-execution…

  • Section 21 Wills Act 1837 Section 21 of the Wills Act 1837 is about No alteration in a will after execution except in certain cases, shall have any effect, unless executed as a will. It provides as follows: No obliteration, interlineation, or other alteration made in any will after the execution thereof shall be valid…

  • Section 20 Wills Act 1837 Section 20 of the Wills Act 1837 is about No will to be revoked otherwise than as aforesaid or by another will or codicil or by destruction thereof. It provides as follows: No will or codicil, or any part thereof, shall be revoked otherwise than as aforesaid, or by another…

  • Section 19 Wills Act 1837 Section 19 of the Wills Act 1837 is about No will to be revoked by presumption from altered circumstances. It provides as follows: No will shall be revoked by any presumption of an intention on the ground of an alteration in circumstances.

  • Section 18 Wills Act 1837 Section 18 of the Wills Act 1837 is about Wills to be revoked by marriage, except in certain cases. It provides as follows: Every will made by a man or woman shall be revoked by his or her marriage (except a will made in exercise of a power of appointment,…

  • Section 17 Wills Act 1837 Section 17 of the Wills Act 1837 is about Executor shall be admitted a witness. It provides as follows: No person shall, on account of his being an executor of a will, be incompetent to be admitted a witness to prove the execution of such will, or a witness to…

  • Section 16 Wills Act 1837 Section 16 of the Wills Act 1837 is about Creditor attesting a will charging estate with debts shall be admitted a witness. It provides as follows: In case by any will any real or personal estate shall be charged with any debt or debts, and any creditor, or the wife…

  • Section 15 Wills Act 1837 Section 15 of the Wills Act 1837 is about Gifts to an attesting witness, or his or her wife or husband, to be void. It provides as follows: If any person shall attest the execution of any will to whom or to whose wife or husband any beneficial devise, legacy,…

  • Section 14 Wills Act 1837 Section 14 of the Wills Act 1837 is about Will not to be void on account of incompetency of attesting witness. It provides as follows: If any person who shall attest the execution of a will shall at the time of the execution thereof or at any time afterwards be…

  • Section 13 Wills Act 1837 Section 13 of the Wills Act 1837 is about Publication of will not requisite. It provides as follows: Every will executed in manner herein-before required shall be valid without any other publication thereof.