Family, Law, and Inheritance in America
| Author | : Yvonne Pitts |
| Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
| Total Pages | : 219 |
| Release | : 2013-05-20 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9781107035508 |
| ISBN-13 | : 1107035503 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (503 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Family, Law, and Inheritance in America by : Yvonne Pitts
Download or read book Family, Law, and Inheritance in America written by Yvonne Pitts and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2013-05-20 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Yvonne Pitts explores nineteenth-century inheritance practices by focusing on testamentary capacity trials in Kentucky in which disinherited family members challenged relatives' wills, claiming the testator lacked the capacity required to write a valid will. By anchoring the study in the history of local communities and the texts of elite jurists, Pitts demonstrates that "capacity" was a term laden with legal meaning and competing communal values.
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