Auden and MacNeice: Their Last Will and Testament – Thirties Classic or Existential Pause? by Sara R. GREAVES

“…Auden and Louis MacNeice’s 1937 travel narrative: Letters from Iceland, written entirely in terza rima and entitled “Their Last Will and Testament”. A humorous parody of a legal document, the 23-page-long poem consists of an inventory of miscellaneous bequests and their legatees, some of whom are prominent figures of the British establishment, considered against the sombre backdrop of the mounting threat of Nazism. …”
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Specific features of succession of a share in the right to joint tenancy by O. Ye. Kukhariev

“…An exception to the general rule on the succession of a share in the right to joint tenancy is the construction of the last will and testament of the spouses, which provides for a special mechanism for acquiring the right of ownership to the property by the second spouse, in respect of which such last will and testament is drawn up.…”
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“Mes dernières volontés”: Testaments to the Life of Marie Couvent, a Former Slave in New Orleans by Elizabeth C. Neidenbach

“…In her last will and testament recorded on November 12, 1832, Marie Justine Cirnaire, Veuve Couvent claimed a lasting legacy as a patron of African American education in New Orleans when she declared that a school be established on her property. …”
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