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Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia · John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

Urgent solicitation, with troublesome frequency and pertinacity. Wills and devises are sometimes set aside in consequence of the importunity of those who have procured them. Whenever the importunity is such as to deprive the testator of the freedom of his will, the will becomes fraudulent and void; Dane, Abr. c.

127, a. 14, s. 6, 6, 7; 2 Phlll. Eccl. 551.