New Hampshire Statutes
§ 551:12 — Heirs of Legatee
New Hampshire § 551:12
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Bluebook
N.H. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 551:12 (2026).
Text
The heirs in the descending line of a legatee or devisee, deceased before the testator, shall take the estate bequeathed or devised, in the same manner the legatee or devisee would have taken it if he had survived.
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Legislative History
RS 156:11. CS 165:11. GS 174:12. GL 193:12. PS 186:12. PL 297:12. RL 350:12.
Nearby Sections
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§ 551:1
Testators§ 551:10
Child Not Named§ 551:12
Heirs of Legatee§ 551:13
Revocation§ 551:14
Implied§ 551:15
Nuncupative Will§ 551:16
Validity§ 551:17
Donatio Causa Mortis§ 551:2
Requirements§ 551:2-a
Self-Proved Wills§ 551:3
Interested Witness§ 551:4
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Bluebook (online)
New Hampshire § 551:12, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/nh/551%3A12.