Coggle requires JavaScript to display documents.
WILLS (III. FORMS OF WILLS (C. Formal requirements in NOTARIAL WILLS:…
WILLS (III. FORMS OF WILLS, I. IN GENERAL:, II. TESTAMENTARY CAPACITY & INTENT, VI. REVOCATION OF WILLS, V. CODICILS & INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE, VII. REPUBLICATION & REVIVAL OF WILLS, VIII. ALLOWANCE & DISALLOWANCE OF WILLS, The object of Act 2645, whichrequires that every sheet should be signedon the left margin, is only to avoid thesubstitution of any sheet, thereby changingthe dispositions of the testatrix.- Act 2645 only took intoconsideration cases of wills written onseveral sheets, which did not have to besigned at the bottom by the testator and thewitnesses.- But when the dispositions are dulywritten only on one sheet, and signed at thebottom by the testator and the witnesses,the signatures on the left would bepurposeless.- If the signatures at the bottomalready guarantee its authenticity, anothersignature on the left margin would beunnecessary.- This interpretation of Act 2645 alsoapplies to the page containing theattestation clause (the second sheet). Such asignature on the margin by the witnesseswould be a formality not required by thestatute.- It is also not required that thetestatrix sign on the attestation clausebecause the attestation, as its name implies,appertains only to the witnesses and not thetestator since the testator does attest, butexecutes the will.)