The hand-book of the law of legacies / containing a statement of the nature of legacies, and the accidents to which they are subjects; together with the rights of legatees, and the causes and manner of the ademption, cumulation, and abatement of their bequests

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DEMONSTRATIVE LEGACIES.

It sometimes, though rarely, occurs, that the party who is to inherit a bequest can only be ascertained by inference, instead of from the clear declaration of the will; and the legatees so ascertained, are termed demonstrative legatees. Such are often found in distant, or unknown, or unrecognized relatives or friends of the deceased.