ABSTRACT
The words and expressions herein-after mentioned, which in their ordinary signifi cation have a more confi ned or a different meaning, shall in this Act, except where the nature of the provisions or the context of the Act shall exclude such construction, be interpreted as follows; (that is to say,) the word “will” shall extend to a testament, and to a codicil, and to an appointment by will or by writing in the nature of a will in exercise of a power, and also to an appointment by will of a guardian of a child, and also to an appointment by will of a representative under section 4 of the Human Tissue Act 2004, and to any other testamentary disposition; . . .
