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Cover -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Contents -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- TABLE OF STATUTES -- TABLE OF TREATIES -- LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS AND LAW REPORTS -- TABLE OF CASES -- PART ONE - INTRODUCTION -- CHAPTER 1 - HISTORY OF LAW OF SUCCESSION IN KENYA -- 1.1 INTRODUCTION -- CHAPTER 2 - THE LAW OF SUCCESSION APPLYING IN KENYA AFTER 1981 -- 2.1 THE LAW OF SUCCESSION ACT IS THE GENERAL LAW OF SUCCESSION IN KENYA -- 2.2 THE LAW APPLYING TO ESTATES OF PERSONS DYING BEFORE THE ACT CAME INTO FORCE -- 2.3 THE APPLICATION OF SECTION 3(2) OF THE JUDICATURE ACT (CHAPTER 8, LAWS OF KENYA) IN SUCCESSION CAUSES -- 2.4 AFRICAN CUSTOMARY LAW, THE REPUGNANCY CLAUSE AND SUCCESSION MATTERS -- 2.5 THE CONSTITUTION AND THE REPUGNANCY CLAUSE -- 2.6 THE APPLICATION OF ISLAMIC LAW -- 2.7 THE APPLICATION OF FOREIGN LAW -- PART TWO - TESTATE SUCCESSION -- CHAPTER 3 - THE NATURE AND FUNCTION OF WILLS -- 3.1 A WILL DISPOSES OF PROPERTY -- 3.2 CONDITIONAL WILLS -- 3.3 GIFTS IN CONTEMPLATION OF DEATH -- CHAPTER 4 - THE CREATION OF A VALID WILL -- 4.1 INTRODUCTION -- 4.2 MENTAL OR TESTAMENTARY CAPACITY -- 4.3 INSANE DELUSIONS -- 4.4 BURDEN OF PROOF -- 4.5 THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE MAKING OF THE WILL: KNOWLEDGE AND APPROVAL -- 4.6 EXECUTION AND ATTESTATION -- 4.7 WILL WRITTEN IN COMBINATION OF INK AND PENCIL -- 4.8 INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE -- 4.9 ORAL WILL -- 4.10 PRIVILEGED WILL -- 4.11 DISREGARDING A WILL -- CHAPTER 5 - REVOCATION, ALTERATION AND REVIVAL OF WILLS -- 5.1 INTRODUCTION -- 5.2 EXPRESS REVOCATION -- 5.3 IMPLIED REVOCATION -- 5.4 REVOCATION BY DESTRUCTION -- 5.5 REVOCATION BY MARRIAGE -- 5.6 REVOCATION BY DIVORCE -- 5.7 ALTERATION OF WILLS -- 5.8 REVIVAL OF WILLS -- CHAPTER 6 - GIFTS BY WILL AND THEIR FAILURE -- 6.1 INTRODUCTION -- 6.2 GIFTS BY WILL -- 6.3 THE DOCTRINE OF ADEMPTION -- 6.4 THE DOCTRINE OF LAPSE -- 6.5 UNCERTAINTY |
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CHAPTER 7 - CONSTRUCTION OF WILLS -- 7.1 INTRODUCTION -- 7.2 INTENTION OF THE TESTATOR -- 7.3 SPECIAL OR TECHNICAL WORDS -- 7.4 THE DICTIONARY PRINCIPLE -- 7.5 ASCERTAINMENT OF BENEFICIARIES AND THE SUBJECT MATTER OF GIFTS -- PART THREE - INTESTACY -- CHAPTER 8 - INTESTATE SUCCESSION -- 8.1 INTRODUCTION -- 8.2 CUSTOMARY LAW AND PART V OF THE LAW OF SUCCESSION ACT -- 8.3 RIGHTS OF A SURVIVING SPOUSE -- 8.4 THE RIGHTS OF CHILDREN -- 8.5 RIGHTS OF OTHER RELATIVES OF THE DECEASED -- 8.6 DIVISION OF A POLYGAMIST'S ESTATE -- 8.7 DEVOLUTION TO THE STATE -- PART FOUR - PROTECTION OF ESTATES -- CHAPTER 9 - PROTECTION PROVISIONS -- 9.1 INTRODUCTION -- 9.2 INTERMEDDLING -- 9.3 PUBLIC OFFICERS AND PROTECTION OF ESTATES -- PART FIVE - GRANTS OF REPRESENTATION -- CHAPTER 10 - GRANTS OF REPRESENTATION -- 10.1 INTRODUCTION -- 10.2 EXECUTORS AND ADMINISTRATORS -- 10.3 PERSONS ENTITLED TO A GRANT -- 10.4 GRANT OF PROBATE -- 10.5 GRANT OF LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION -- 10.6 LIMITED GRANTS -- 10.7 FOREIGN GRANTS -- CHAPTER 11 - PROBATE JURISDICTION -- 11.1 INTRODUCTION -- 11.2 ORIGINAL JURISDICTION -- 11.3 APPELLATE JURISDICTION -- 11.4 INHERENT JURISDICTION -- 11.5 THE CIVIL PROCEDURE AND PROBATE PRACTICE -- CHAPTER 12 - NON-CONTENTIOUS PROBATE -- 12.1 INTRODUCTION -- 12.2 CITATIONS -- 12.3 RENUNCIATION -- 12.4 MAKING OF GRANTS -- 12.5 CONFIRMATION OF GRANTS -- 12.6 RECTIFICATION OF GRANTS -- CHAPTER 13 - CONTENTIOUS PROBATE -- 13.1 INTRODUCTION -- 13.2 OBJECTIONS TO THE MAKING OF GRANT -- 13.3 REVOCATION OF GRANTS -- 13.4 REVOCATION AND CONFIRMATION -- 13.5 REVIEW OF PROBATE ORDERS AND DECREES -- 13.6 APPLICATIONS UNDER SECTION 9 OF THE PUBLIC TRUSTEE ACT -- 13.7 VIVA VOCE OR ORAL EVIDENCE -- 13.8 COSTS -- PART SIX - ADMINISTRATION OF ESTATES -- CHAPTER 14 - COLLECTION, REALISATION AND MANAGEMENT OF ESTATES -- 14.1 INTRODUCTION |
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14.2 COLLECTION AND PRESERVATION OF ASSETS -- 14.3 POWER TO ENFORCE CAUSES OF ACTION -- 14.4 POWER OF SALE, MORTGAGING AND LEASING -- 14.5 POWERS OF INVESTMENT -- 14.6 PROTECTION OF PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVES -- CHAPTER 15 - PAYMENT OF EXPENSES, DEBTS AND PECUNIARY LEGACIES -- CHAPTER 16 - DISTRIBUTION OF THE ESTATE -- 16.1 INTRODUCTION -- 16.2 PENDENCY OF CONTENTIOUS PROCEEDINGS -- 16.3 ASCERTAINING THE BENEFICIARIES AND CREDITORS -- 16.4 TRANSITION RROM PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE TO TRUSTEE -- 16.5 EXPENSE ON PRESERVATION OF GIFTS -- CHAPTER 17 - REMEDIES OF BENEFICIARIES AND CREDITORS -- 17.1 INTRODUCTION -- 17.2 REMEDIES THROUGH ADMINISTRATION PROCEEDINGS -- 17.3 ACTION AGAINST PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVES -- 17.4 DEFENCES OF PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVES -- 17.5 ACTIONS AGAINST THE RECIPIENTS OF ASSETS -- CHAPTER 18 - ESTATE ACCOUNTS -- 18.1 INTRODUCTION -- 18.2 RIGHTS OF BENEFICIARIES TO AN ACCOUNT -- 18.3 ACCOUNTS UNDER THE LAW OF SUCCESSION ACT -- PART SEVEN - POST-MORTEM ALTERATIONS -- CHAPTER 19 - DEPENDENCY AND FAMILY PROVISIONS -- 19.1 DEPENDENCY AND FAMILY PROVISIONS -- 19.2 CATEGORIES OF APPLICANTS -- 19.3 JURISDICTION AND PROCEDURE -- 19.4 THE CIRCUMSTANCES TO BE CONSIDERED -- 19.5 NATURE OF THE PROVISION -- CHAPTER 20 - DISCLAIMERS AND VARIATIONS -- 20.1 DISCLAIMERS AND VARIATIONS -- PART EIGHT - THE GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF AFRICAN CUSTOMARY AND ISLAMIC LAWS OF SUCCESSION -- CHAPTER 21 - AFRICAN CUSTOMARY LAW OF SUCCESSION -- 21.1 DISTRIBUTION DURING LIFETIME -- 21.2 DISTRIBUTION UPON INTESTACY -- 21.3 ADMINISTRATION OF ESTATES -- CHAPTER 22 - THE ISLAMIC LAW OF SUCCESSION -- 22.1 GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF ISLAMIC LAW OF SUCCESSION -- 22.2 TESTATE SUCCESSION -- 22.3 INTESTACY -- 22.4 ADMINISTRATION OF ESTATES -- 22.5 CONFLICT OF ISLAMIC AND AFRICAN CUSTOMARY SUCCESSION LAWS -- Back cover |
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This text broadly and comprehensively covers the area of law of succession in Kenya. It exposes the substantive succession legal regime applying in Kenya as well as the Kenyan probate practice. It is tailored specifically for the legal practitioner, the Magistrate and Judge and the law student William Musyoka holds L.L.B and LL.M degrees from the University of Nairobi. He is an Advocate of the High Court of Kenya and a law lecturer. He has taught the law of succession at the Kenya School of Law and is currently teaching the subject at the School of Law, University of Nairobi |
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2020. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries |
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Print version: Musyoka, William A Casebook on the Law of Succession
Nairobi : LawAfrica Publishing (K)Limited,c2010 9789966744852
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Inheritance and succession--Kenya--Cases
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