GOOD EVENING.

OUR GROUP IS TASKED TO DISCUSS ONE OF THE CLASSIFICATIONS OF A LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT, WHICH IS A HOLOGRAPHIC WILL. THOUGH IT HAS AT TIMES BEEN THOUGHT THAT A "WILL" WAS HISTORICALLY LIMITED TO REAL PROPERTY WHILE "TESTAMENT" APPLIES ONLY TO DISPOSITIONS OF PERSONAL PROPERTY (THUS GIVING RISE TO THE POPULAR TITLE OF THE DOCUMENT AS "LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT"), THE HISTORICAL RECORDS SHOW THAT THE TERMS HAVE BEEN USED INTERCHANGEABLY.[1] THUS, THE WORD "WILL" VALIDLY APPLIES TO BOTH PERSONAL AND REAL PROPERTY. HOLOGRAPHIC WILL CAME FROM THE WORD HOLOGRAPH, WHICH MEANS A DOCUMENT WRITTEN ENTIRELY OR WHOLLY IN THE HANDWRITING OF THE PERSON WHOSE SIGNATURE IT BEARS. THIS ORIGINATED FROM THE LATIN WORD HOLOGRAPHUS, ALSO FROM THE GREEK WORD HOLOGRAPHOS. HOLO MEANS WHOLE , GRAPHOS MEANS WRITTEN. THE GUINNESS BOOK OF WORLD RECORDS LISTS THE SHORTEST HOLOGRAPHIC WILL IN THE WORLD AS "VSE ZENE (CZECH WORDS) WHICH MEANS "ALL TO WIFE". THIS WAS WRITTEN ON THE BEDROOM WALL OF A MAN WHO REALIZED HIS IMMINENT DEMISE AND MADE A SWIFT ATTEMPT TO DISTRIBUTE HIS CHATTELS BEFORE EXPIRING. IT CLEARLY MEETS THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS, BEING HIS OWN WORK AND NO ONE ELSE'S. THE OTHER ONE WAS RECORDED ON 8 JUNE 1948 IN SASKATCHEWAN, CANADA, A FARMER NAMED CECIL GEORGE HARRIS WHO HAD BECOME TRAPPED UNDER HIS OWN TRACTOR CARVED A WILL INTO THE TRACTOR'S FENDER. IT READ, "IN CASE I DIE IN THIS MESS, I LEAVE ALL TO THE WIFE. CECIL GEO. HARRIS." LATER, THE FENDER WAS PROBATED AND STOOD AS HIS WILL. NOW, THE FENDER IS CURRENTLY ON DISPLAY AT THE LAW LIBRARY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN, CANADA COLLEGE OF LAW.[2] ON THE OTHER HAND, THE LONGEST KNOWN LEGAL WILL IS THAT OF AN ENGLISHWOMAN FREDERICA EVELYN STILWELL COOK. HER WILL WAS PROBATED IN 1925 AND IT HAS 1,066 PAGES, AND HAD TO BE BOUND IN 4 VOLUMES. HER ESTATE WORTH $100,000. HAVE YOU HEARD ABOUT ALFRED NOBEL? HE WAS A SWEDISH CHEMIST, ENGINEER, ENTREPRENEUR, AND A PACIFIST OR A MAN OPPOSED TO WAR OR VIOLENCE OF ANY KIND. HE CAUSED THE CREATION OF THE NOBEL PRIZE. ON NOVEMBER 27, 1895, ALFRED BERNHARD NOBEL SIGNED HIS HOLOGRAPHIC WILL. AFTER HIS DEATH IN DECEMBER 1896, MANY PEOPLE TENSELY AWAITED THE PUBLICATION OF THE CONTENTS OF THE WILL, SINCE IT WAS WIDELY KNOWN THAT ALFRED NOBEL HAD LEFT ONE OF THE WORLD'S LARGEST PRIVATE FORTUNES AMOUNTING TO 265 MILLION DOLLAR. TO THE GREAT DISAPPOINTMENT OF SOME OF HIS RELATIVES AND FRIENDS, HE DECLARED THAT THE WHOLE OF HIS REMAINING ESTATE SHALL BE DISPOSED AND ANNUALLY AWARDED AS PRIZES TO THOSE WHO, DURING THE PRECEDING YEAR, SHALL HAVE CONFERRED THE GREATEST BENEFIT ON MANKIND IN THE FIELD OF PHYSICS, PHYSIOLOGY, MEDICINE, INVENTION, LITERATURE, AND TO THE PERSON WHO SHALL HAVE DONE THE MOST OR THE BEST WORK FOR FRATERNITY BETWEEN THE NATIONS AND THE FORMATION AND SPREADING OF PEACE CONGRESSES. ..WELL THAT WAS HISTORY IN RELATION TO OUR SUBJECT.

CREATING A VALID LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT, WHICH WILL STAND-UP IN COURT UNDER THE MOST INTENSE LEGAL SCRUTINY, HAS BECOME AN EXPENSIVE UNDERTAKING. MOST LAWYERS MAY CHARGE A CLIENT WELL, OVER A THOUSAND PESOS FOR PREPARING A BASIC FORM WILL, YET, THERE IS A VIABLE ALTERNATIVE, A TOTALLY LEGAL, AND ADMINISTRATIVELY EFFICIENT METHOD OF PREPARING YOUR OWN WILL THAT WILL COST THE TESTATOR ABSOLUTELY NOTHING.. IT'S CALLED A HOLOGRAPHIC WILL, AND REQUIRES ONLY AN INK PEN, SEVERAL SHEETS OF LINED PAPER AND A LITTLE TIME. THE SETTLEMENT OF A PERSONS ESTATE AFTER HIS DEATH IS POTENTIALLY ONE OF THE MORE BITTER LITIGATIONS. ITS NEVER GOOD TO SEE RELATIVES FIGHTING EACH OTHER. SOME PERSONS, WITH THE INTENT OF CONTROLLING THE DISPOSITION OF HIS PROPERTIES AFTER HIS DEATH PREPARE A LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT. LETS HAVE A BRIEF DISCUSSION ON THIS MATTER. A LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT, OR SIMPLY A WILL, IS AN ACT WHEREBY A PERSON IS PERMITTED, WITH THE FORMALITIES PRESCRIBED BY LAW, TO CONTROL TO A CERTAIN DEGREE THE DISPOSITION OF HIS ESTATE. IT IS A DOCUMENT WHEREBY A PERSON, CALLED THE TESTATOR, DISPOSES OF HIS PROPERTIES OR ESTATE, TO TAKE EFFECT UPON HIS DEATH. THE TESTATOR IS THE DECEASED PERSON WHO MADE A LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT. THE PERSON WHO IS GIVEN PERSONAL PROPERTY THROUGH A WILL IS TECHNICALLY CALLED THE LEGATEE, WHILE THE PERSON WHO IS GIVEN REAL PROPERTY IN A WILL IS CALLED THE DEVISEE. THE PERSON NAMED IN THE WILL WHO IS ENTRUSTED TO IMPLEMENT ITS PROVISIONS IS CALLED THE EXECUTOR. IF THE EXECUTOR IS FEMALE, SHE IS FORMALLY KNOWN AS THE EXECUTRIX. WRITING A LEGALLY BINDING HOLOGRAPHIC WILL REQUIRES THAT THE ENTIRE DOCUMENT, THAT IS, EVERY WORD, MUST BE IN THE TESTATOR'S OWN CURSIVE HANDWRITING. TO HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTADING WITH THIS HOLOGRAPHIC WILL, I WOULD LIKE TO CALL ON MY COMPANIONS, MR BERSALES AND MR CANUMHAY TO HAVE A FULL DISCUSSION ON ITS FORMALITIES AND RELATED CONCEPTS.