pour-over will

noun

A testamentary device wherein the writer of a will creates a trust (usually unfunded at that point), and decrees in the will that property in his estate at the time of his death shall be placed in the trust.

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Meanings

nounpour-over will (plural pour-over wills)

plural pour-over wills

  1. lawA testamentary device wherein the writer of a will creates a trust (usually unfunded at that point), and decrees in the will that property in his estate at the time of his death shall be placed in the trust.
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Chicago

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