Inofficious

An inofficious will is one in which natural affection and the claims of near relationship have been disregarded.^ The civil law defines an inofficious or undutiful will to be such as substantially departs from the disposition of the estate which would be made in case of intestacy. In America, authority to make a will implies the power to discriminate between, or to disinherit, next of kin; and the fact of such discrimination raises no presumption of undue influence.' See Testamentum, Inofficiosum.