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Title 12 - Decedents' Estates and Fiduciary Relations
CHAPTER 23. ACCOUNTING AND DISTRIBUTION
Subchapter II Payment of Legacies or Distributive Shares
§ 2314. Legacy to creditor of testator.
Universal Citation: 12 DE Code § 2314 (2017)
A legacy shall not be deemed to be in satisfaction of a debt due from the testator to the legatee, unless the intention of the testator that it shall be so accepted shall appear upon the will expressly or by manifest implication.
Code 1852, § 1847; Code 1915, § 3390; Code 1935, § 3855; 12 Del. C. 1953, § 2314; 59 Del. Laws, c. 384, § 1.;
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