Class gift

Definition
: a usu. testamentary gift of a sum to a group of unspecified persons whose number and identity and share of the gift will be determined sometime in the future (as at the death of the donor)
A gift «to my children" that does not set out the children's names is a class gift.



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slight negligence

failure to exercise the great degree of care typical of an extraordinarily prudent person


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