wills Definition and Meaning in English (wills definition)

noun
Quick Answer • Definition

Wills definition: Legal documents that declare a person's wishes regarding the distribution of their property after death.

Definitions of Wills

  1. 1noun

    Legal documents that declare a person's wishes regarding the distribution of their property after death.

  2. 2verb

    To bequeath property or assets to someone through a legal will, or to strongly desire something to happen.

Example Sentences

“The lawyer reviewed all the wills before the estate was settled.”

“He wills his entire fortune to charity.”

“She wills herself to succeed despite the obstacles.”

Inflected Word Forms

infinitivewill
past tensewilled
present participlewilling
nounwill
adjectivewillful

Phrases & Idiomatic Expressions

at willidiom

Whenever or wherever one chooses; freely.

free willcollocation

The power of acting without the constraint of necessity or fate; the ability to act at one's own discretion.

last will and testamentcollocation

A legal document by which a person expresses their wishes as to how their property is to be distributed at death.

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