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Natalia09 Posted 13 years ago
Vocabulary
after the last to die of myself
Hello,
could anybody explain me the meaning of the following sentence, in particular of the highlighted part:
No trust created hereby, or by exercise of power of appointment hereunder, shall continue for more than twenty-one (21) years after the death of the last to die of myself and the beneficiaries in being at my death.
Thank you.
could anybody explain me the meaning of the following sentence, in particular of the highlighted part:
No trust created hereby, or by exercise of power of appointment hereunder, shall continue for more than twenty-one (21) years after the death of the last to die of myself and the beneficiaries in being at my death.
Thank you.
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That's lawyer talk, not standard English, in case you thought it was. "Last of" is strangely embedded in there, as in the last of the Mohicans. They mean the last person still alive of a group defined as me and my beneficiaries (whichever of those beneficiaries are alive when I die).
- That's lawyer talk, not standard English, in case you thought it was.
- "Last of" is strangely embedded in there, as in the last of the Mohicans.
- They mean the last person still alive of a group defined as me and my beneficiaries (whichever of those beneficiaries are alive when I die).
- When that last person dies, the trust can only exist another 21 years after that.
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That's lawyer talk, not standard English, in case you thought it was. "Last of" is strangely embedded in there, as in the last of the Mohicans.
They mean the last person still alive of a group defined as me and my beneficiaries (whichever of those beneficiaries are alive when I die). When that last person dies, the trust can only exist another 21 years after that.
They mean the last person still alive of a group defined as me and my beneficiaries (whichever of those beneficiaries are alive when I die). When that last person dies, the trust can only exist another 21 years after that.
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