15 GCA § 617: Effect of Disposition to “Heirs,” etc.; Distinction Between Words of Donation and Words of Limitation.

A testamentary disposition to “heirs,” “relations,” “representatives,” “legal representatives,” “personal representatives,” “family,” “nearest of kin” or “next of kin” of any person, without other words of qualification, and when the terms are used as words of donation and not of limitation, vests the property in those who would be entitled to succeed to the property of the testator and in the same shares, as if the testator had died intestate. Such terms are used as words of donation, and not of limitation, when the property is given to the person so designated directly, and not as a qualification of an estate given to the ancestor of such person.