Tennessee Statutes
§ 32-3-101 — Operation of will
Tennessee § 32-3-101
JurisdictionTennessee
Title32
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Bluebook
Tenn. Code Ann. § 32-3-101 (2026).
Text
A will shall be construed, in reference to the real and personal estate comprised in it, to speak and take effect as if it had been executed immediately before the death of the testator, and shall convey all the real estate belonging to the testator, or in which the testator had any interest at the testator's decease, unless a contrary intention appear by its words in context.
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782 S.W.2d 482 (Court of Appeals of Tennessee, 1989)
Estate of Hamilton v. Morris
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In Re Walker
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In Re the Estate of Milam
181 S.W.3d 344 (Court of Appeals of Tennessee, 2005)
Williams v. Estate of Williams
865 S.W.2d 3 (Tennessee Supreme Court, 1993)
Estate of Gladys Tipler
10 S.W.3d 244 (Court of Appeals of Tennessee, 1998)
Calhoun v. Campbell
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Decker v. Meriwether
708 S.W.2d 390 (Court of Appeals of Tennessee, 1985)
In Re the Estate of Snapp
233 S.W.3d 288 (Court of Appeals of Tennessee, 2007)
In Re Estate of Dawson Lewis
(Court of Appeals of Tennessee, 2020)
In Re Estate of Gladys Alene Clifton
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In re: The Estate of Luther Garrett
(Court of Appeals of Tennessee, 2001)
Thomas Wynns III v. Rae Cummings
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The Estate of Charles Thomas Mccraw v. JoAn Likins
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In Re: Estate Of Elsie Stinchfield Brownlee v. Jacque Brownlee Hughes
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Estate of Annie Hamilton v. Walter Morris,et al.
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Legislative History
Code 1858, § 2195 (deriv. Acts 1851-1852, ch. 180, § 2); Shan., §3927; Code 1932, § 8133; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 32-301.
Nearby Sections
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§ 32-1-101
Chapter definitions§ 32-1-102
Persons qualified to make a will§ 32-1-103
Witnesses - Who may act§ 32-1-105
Holographic will§ 32-1-106
Nuncupative will§ 32-1-107
Foreign execution§ 32-1-112
Deposit of will with probate court§ 32-1-201
Actions effecting a revocation of will§ 32-1-202
Revocation by divorce or annulmentCite This Page — Counsel Stack
Bluebook (online)
Tennessee § 32-3-101, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/tn/32-3-101.