to any object he or she may think proper, and shall operate as an execution
of that power.
79.
Implied gift to objects of power in default of appointment.
Where property is bequeathed to or for the benefit of such of certain objects
as a specified person shall appoint, or for the benefit of certain objects in
such proportions as a specified person shall appoint, and the will does not
provide for the event of no appointment being made, if the power given by
the will is not exercised the property belongs to all the objects of the power
in equal shares.
80.
Bequest to “heirs”, etc. of particular person without qualifying
terms.
Where a bequest is made to the “heirs” or “right heirs” or “relations” or
“nearest relations” or “family” or “kindred” or “nearest of kin” or “next of
kin” of a particular person, without any qualifying terms and the class so
designated forms the direct and independent object of the bequest, the
property bequeathed shall be distributed as if it had belonged to such person,
and he or she had died intestate in respect of it, leaving assets for the
payment of his or her debts independently of that property.
81.
Bequest to “representatives”, etc. of particular person.
Where a bequest is made to the “representatives” or “legal representatives”
or “personal representatives” or “executors or administrators” of a particular
person and the class so designated forms the direct and independent object
of the bequest, the property bequeathed shall be distributed as if it had
belonged to such person, and he or she had died intestate in respect of it.
82.
Bequest without words of limitation.
Where property is bequeathed to any person, he or she is entitled to the
whole interest of the testator in the property, unless it appears from the will
that only a restricted interest was intended for him or her.
83.
Bequest in alternative.
Where property is bequeathed to a person, with a bequest in the alternative
to another person or to a class of persons, if a contrary intention does not
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