• Glowstick@lemmy.world
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    7 days ago

    I’m not a lawyer at all, but i just googled the definition of “consideration” and i don’t see how it applies here. This is a statement of how his property should be bequeathed after his death. People don’t will their properties to people in exchange for benefit before they die.

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      6 days ago

      Consideration means both sides need to give something in order for a contact to be formed. Asking “can I have x”, and the other side saying “yes” is not a contract because there is no consideration. This is day 1 law school Contracts stuff.

      A will requires a document and cannot be formed orally except in very specific circumstances that do not apply here.