Tasks

'''The Testament / Active Vocabulary '''

1. Read the text and be ready to give the explanation of the given words:

1) a (holographic / valid) will (to sign / to revoke / to contest / to probate a will);

2) a testament;

3) a law/ a lawyer / a lawsuit;

4) an illegitimate heir;

5) to inherit / inheritance;

6) determined;

7) misery / miserable;

8) to torment smb;

9) to be estranged from;

10) grieving;

11) abandoned;

12) dutiful;

13) worthless;

14) to be cursed with;

15) to settle out of court / settlement;

16) shoplifting;

17) ashamed;

18) weird;

19) mentally incompetent;

20) void (will);

21) proceedings;

22) to condemn smb;

23) codicils;

24) a trusted lawyer / a trustee;

25) to execute/ an executor;

26) discretionary (powers);

27) a trial;

28) a witness;

29) to litigate / litigation / a litigator;

30) to testify / testimony;

31) impeccable credentials;

32) depositions;

33) legal malpractice;

34) to bribe / a bribe;

35) to despise;

36) to be broke;

37) greedy;

38) a notary;

39) bequests;

40) to earn interest

2. Make a Family Tree Diagram for Troy Phelan (names, ages, spouses’ names, if given in the chapter).