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KembaraXtra – Legal Terms – In Terrorem
In terrorem describes a condition attached to a gift that is intended to intimidate a beneficiary into compliance rather than to be genuinely enforced. Such conditions often appear in wills.
Where it is clear that the donor did not truly intend forfeiture, courts may treat the condition as void. This prevents the use of idle threats to control beneficiaries unfairly.
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