Legal Term: WHEN

Definition: At which time, in wills, standing by itself unqualified and unexplained, this is a word of condition denoting the time at which the gift is to continence. 6 Ves. 243, 2 Meriv. 286.

2. The context of a will may show that the word when is to be applied to the possession only, not to the vesting of a legacy, but to justify this construction, there must be circumstances, or other expressions in the will, showing such to have been the testators intent. 7 Ves. 422, 9 Ves. 230 Coop. 145, 11 Ves. 489, 3, Bro. C. C. 471. For the effect of the word when in contracts and in wills in the French law, see 6 Toull. n. 520.

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