Rhode Island General Laws 33-6-4. Executor or trustee as witness
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No person shall, on account of his or her being an executor of, or trustee under, a will, be incompetent to be admitted a witness to prove the execution of the will or codicil, or to prove the validity or invalidity thereof.
History of Section.
G.L. 1896, ch. 203, § 35; G.L. 1909, ch. 254, § 35; G.L. 1923, ch. 298, § 35; G.L. 1938, ch. 566, § 34; G.L. 1956, § 33-6-4.
Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws 33-6-4
- Codicil: An addition, change, or supplement to a will executed with the same formalities required for the will itself.
- Executor: A male person named in a will to carry out the decedent
- person: may be construed to extend to and include co-partnerships and bodies corporate and politic. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-6
- Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.