CHAPTER XXX

TRANSFER OF PROPERTY BY WILL

497. Define will, nuncupative will, olographic will, codicil.

498. Who may make a will? Can a youth eighteen years old?

499. State the five elements necessary to a provable will.

500. How may a will be revoked?

501-2. When making a will what legal disqualifications must be considered?

503. State the necessity for accuracy in writing a will. Should technical words of the law be used?

504. What technical requirements must be observed? 505. When is it advisable to make a new will rather than codicils?

506. What is intestate succession? In general how does property descend?

507. Distinguish between executors and administrators. What is an executor de son tort? An administrator cum testamento annexo?

508. How is an administrator appointed, and what is the usual order of preference?

509. Describe the duties of executors and administrators.

510. Describe their duties with respect to banks, insurance companies, debtors, etc.

511-513. Also with respect to the inventory and appraisal of property; the payment of debts, the rendering of accounts, the making of investments, etc.

514. When an estate is unable to pay all the debts, what is the usual order of preference?

515. What is the rule as to the compensation of executors and administrators?

CHAPTER XXXI

PERSONAL PROPERTY

516. Define real chattels, personal chattels, choses in possession, and choses in action.

517. What law governs the use of trade-marks and trade-names in the United States? Can fanciful trade names be appropriated?

518. What is good-will? Does a sale of a business usually include the good-will?

519. May a man change his name and how? How does the law regard middle names? When may a man not use his own name?

520. What is a patent? For what may it be granted? Can a device already in use be patented?

521. How are patents obtained? Must an article be useful? How are questions of priority determined? 522. How may patents be transferred? What are caveats?

523. Define copyright. Under what law are copyrights granted in the United States?

524. How does the Government classify articles that may be copyrighted?

525. What kinds of estates in personal property does the law recognize?

526. What rights has the finder of lost property? Distinguish between lost and mislaid property.

527. Must a finder advertise lost property? Can he claim a reward? In New York might he be guilty of larceny? If so, why?

528. What is treasure-trove? Does it everywhere belong to the finder?

529. Describe and illustrate acquisition by occupancy.

530. State the law in regard to the ownership of animals. Is a dog "entitled to his first bite"?

531. State the three sub-divisions under title by accession and confusion.

532. Illustrate title by natural increase.

533. When do chattels attached to land belong to the owner?

534. As between two chattels does their respective value determine which is principal? What does determine? Illustrate.

535. Explain title by confusion.

536. What two kinds of gifts does the law recognize