| 单词 | Presumption of revocation |
| 释义 | 撤銷的推定 A presumption that if a will last known to have been in the possession of the testator cannot be found on his or her death, the will must have been destroyed by the testator with the intention of revoking it: Welch v Phillips (1836) 12 Moo PCC 299, 12 ER 828. A will or part of a will shall be revoked by marriage, by another valid will, by a written revocation executed in a manner in which the testator could validly execute a will; or by the burning, tearing or otherwise destroying of it by the testator, or by some person in his presence and by his direction, with the intention of revoking it: Wills Ordinance (Cap 30) s 13(1). Appearances of attempted revocation of a will leading to a presumption of revocation must be accounted for to the Registrar’s satisfaction: Non-Contentious Probate Rules (Cap 10A) r 13. The presumption of revocation arising from an apparent inconsistency of testamentary instruments may be rebutted by extrinsic evidence that the testator did not intend revocation, where there is some ambiguity on the face of the documents as to whether the deceased meant the particular disposition to be part of his will, or by extrinsic evidence of surrounding circumstances: Halsbury’s Laws of Hong Kong, Vol 27, Wills, Probate, Administration and Succession [425.101]. See also Revocation of will. 如未能在立遺囑人死亡時找到就最後所知在立遺囑人手上的遺囑, 推定遺囑必定已由立遺囑人在有撤銷的意圖下銷毀: Welch v Phillips (1836) 12 Moo PCC 299, 12 ER 828。遺囑或其部分應由婚姻, 另一有效遺囑, 以立遺囑人可有效地簽立遺囑的方式簽立的書面撒銷; 或由立遺囑人燒毀, 撕毀或銷毀, 或於立遺囑人在場及指示下由某人銷毀, 並有意圖銷毀: 《遺囑條例》（第30章）第13(1)條。如出現可導致撤銷推定的企圖撤銷遺囑的行為, 必須向司法常務官交代並使其信納: 無爭議遺囑認證規則（第10A）第13規則。由明顯有不一致的遺囑性質文書所引起的撤銷推定, 可被外在的證據反駁立遺囑人沒有意圖撤銷, 如文書表面上有含糊, 未能清楚表明個別的產權處置是否死者遺囑的一部分,或可被週圍環境的外在證據反駁,: Halsbury’s Laws of Hong Kong, 第27冊，遺囑、遺囑認證、遺產管理與繼承，第[425.101]段。另見 Revocation of will。 |
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