Succession Act 1965 section 101

Testamentary disposition

Section 101 defines the term "testamentary disposition" as used throughout Part VIII of the Succession Act 1965, which deals with the international private law rules governing the formal validity of wills.

• A "testamentary disposition" means any will, testamentary instrument, or testamentary act.
• This definition applies throughout Part VIII (sections 101 to 108), which modernises the rules on wills with an international dimension.
• Part VIII was introduced to enable Ireland to adhere to the 1961 Hague Convention on the Conflicts of Laws relating to the Form of Testamentary Dispositions.
• The provisions replaced earlier legislation, namely the Wills Act 1861 (Lord Kingsdown's Act) and the Domicile Act 1861, which were considered to be of uncertain application in Ireland.