Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

"the right of election to take against the will of the other"

Spanish translation:

derecho de optar por la porción sucesoria legal en lugar de la dispuesta en el testamento

Added to glossary by Rebecca Jowers
Sep 21, 2008 23:27
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English term

"the right of election to take against the will of the other"

English to Spanish Law/Patents Law: Contract(s) Prenuptial Agreement
The sentence is under the title Waiver of Rights on the Separate Property including "the right of election to take against the will of the other"
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Sep 25, 2008 06:14: Rebecca Jowers Created KOG entry

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derecho de optar por la porción sucesoria legal en lugar de la dispuesta en el testamento

"waiver of right to take against the will of the other" = "renuncia al derecho de optar por la porción sucesoria legal en lugar de la dispuesta en el testamento"

Here is the definition of "to take against the will" provided in Black'Law Dictionary (7th edition):

"A spouse's statutory right to choose, upon the other spouse's death, either the share under the deceased spouse's will or the share of the estate as defined in the probate statute, which usually amounts to what a spouse would have received had he died intestate."
Peer comment(s):

agree Alicia Jordá : claro
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agree Egmont
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agree Mónica Sauza
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Gracias Mónica
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el derecho a decidir (o elegir) tomar (llevarse) en contra de la voluntad del otro (de la otra)

This means that one part can take what they want, weather the other parts agrees or not...
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el derecho de elegir a recibir la herencia del otro

En alguna oportunidad la usé
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