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Question 1

An act of liberality whereby a person disposes gratuitously
of a thing or right in favor of another, who accepts it

Answer 1

Donation

Question 2

ORGAN DONATION ACT OF 1991

Answer 2

RA 7071

Question 3

The offer is exercised only after death; therefore, the donors
should reveal their intentions to as many of their relatives and
friends as possible, and to their physician

Answer 3

ORGAN DONATION ACT OF 1991

Question 4

kinds of donation

Answer 4

. Donations Mortis Causa
2. Donations Inter Vivos
3. Donations of Personal Property
4. Donations of Real Property

Question 5

donations which are to take effect upon the death of the donor partake of the nature of
testamentary provisions

Answer 5

donations mortis causa

Question 6

shall be governed by the
general provisions on contracts and obligations

Answer 6

donations inter vivos

Question 7

May be made orally or in writing

Answer 7

donations of personal property

Question 8

• Must be made in a public document to be valid
• Must be accepted during the lifetime of the donor

Answer 8

donations of real property

Question 9

Persons who accept donations in representation of others who
may not do so by themselves, shall be obliged to make the
notification and notation of which _____ of the Civil
Code of the Philippines speaks

Answer 9

Article 749

Question 10

an instrument or document when a person is permitted, with
the formalities prescribed by the law, to control to a certain
degree the disposition of his estate, to take effect after his
death.

Answer 10

will

Question 11

11 characteristics of wills

Answer 11

1. Purely personal
2. Free and Intelligent
3. Solemn and Formal
4. Revocable and Ambulatory
5. Mortis Causa
6. Individual
7. Executed with Animus Testandi
8. Executed with Testamentary Capacity
9. Unilateral
10. Dispositive of Property only
11. Statutory

Question 12

characteristics of wills

not mandatory

Answer 12

purely personal

Question 13

characteristics of wills

referring to the awareness that death is
approaching; “deathbed gift”

Answer 13

mortis causa

Question 14

characteristics of wills

voluntary; implications should be
understood

Answer 14

free and intelligent

Question 15

characteristics of wills

can be altered and can be
withdrawn

Answer 15

revokable and ambulatory

Question 16

characteristics of wills

an intention to make a
testament or will

Answer 16

executed with animus testandi

Question 17

characteristics of wills

• All persons who are not
  expressly prohibited by law may make a will, 18 years old and
  above, should not be insane

Answer 17

Executed with Testamentary Capacity

Question 18

characteristics of wills

the recipient of the testator’s property should not
know they are going to receive something

Answer 18

Unilateral

Question 19

characteristics of wills

donation or transfer of
properties from the author of the will to other people

Answer 19

Dispositive of Property only

Question 20

characteristics of wills

must be in accordance to law

Answer 20

statutory

Question 21

9 TERMS COMMONLY USED IN WILLS

Answer 21

1. Bequest
2. Devise
3. Devisee
4. Executor
5. Legacy
6. Legatee
7. Residuary Estate
8. Testator
9. Decedent

Question 22

TERMS COMMONLY USED IN WILLS

the act of giving or leaving something by will; only
personal property, not real property

Answer 22

bequest

Question 23

TERMS COMMONLY USED IN WILLS

a gift by will of real property, such as a house

Answer 23

devise

Question 24

TERMS COMMONLY USED IN WILLS

recipient of a devise; a person to whom real estate is
left by the terms of a will.

Answer 24

devisee

Question 25

TERMS COMMONLY USED IN WILLS a testamentary gift of personal property or more commonly money, from a deceased individual through a will

Answer 25

legacy

Question 26

TERMS COMMONLY USED IN WILLS - a person or institution appointed by a testator to carry out the terms of their will.

Answer 26

executor

Question 27

TERMS COMMONLY USED IN WILLS - an individual who receives a portion of a testator's estate, or rather the individual that receives a legacy

Answer 27

legatee

Question 28

TERMS COMMONLY USED IN WILLS - is any portion of the testator's estate that is not specifically devised to someone in the will, or any property that is part of such a specific devise that fails

Answer 28

residuary estate

Question 29

TERMS COMMONLY USED IN WILLS a person who has written and executed a last will and testament that is in effect at the time of their death.

Answer 29

testator

Question 30

TERMS COMMONLY USED IN WILLS - a term that is generally used in the law governing estates and trusts, in reference to a person who has died. Decedents have rights that continue after their death and the authority to take certain actions/make certain decisions through third-party representatives

Answer 30

decedent

Question 31

− the capacity to comprehend the nature of the transaction in which the testator is engaged in at the time, to recollect the property to be disposed of and the persons who would naturally be supposed to have claims upon the testator, and to comprehend the manner in which the instrument will distribute the property among the object of his bounty.

Answer 31

Testamentary Capacity

Question 32

Property received through a last will and testament

Answer 32

testamentary succesion

Question 33

Property received not through a will

Answer 33

inheritance

Question 34

KINDS OF WILLS

Answer 34

1. Notarial Will 2. Holographic Will 3. Nuncupative Will

Question 35

Every other will that is not entirely written, dated, and signed by the testator

Answer 35

notarial will

Question 36

one which is written, dated, and signed entirely by the hand of the testator. As such, these are more straightforward to execute compared to notarial wills. Does not require any witnesses in order to be executed.

Answer 36

Holographic Will

Question 37

-Oral will -No longer applicable/accepted

Answer 37

nuncupative will

Question 38

WITNESSES TO WILLS

Answer 38

1. Of sound mind 2. Eighteen years of age or more 3. Not blind, deaf or dumb 4. Able to read and write

Question 39

DISQUALIFIED TO WITNESS WILLS:

Answer 39

1. Any person not domiciled in the Philippines; 2. Those who have been convicted of falsification of document, perjury or false testimony

Question 40

WAYS AND MEANS TO REVOKE A WILL

Answer 40

1. By implication of law 2. By some will, codicil, or other writing executed as provided in case of wills; or 3. By burning, tearing, cancelling, or obliterating the will with the intention of revoking it, by the testator himself, or by some other person in his presence, and by his express direction.