The intention of a testator as expressed in his will controls the legal effect of his dispositions. The rules of construction expressed in the succeeding sections of this article apply unless a contrary intention is indicated by the will.
Structure Code of Alabama
Title 43 - Wills and Decedents' Estates.
Article 8 - Construction of Wills.
Section 43-8-220 - Requirement That Devisee Survive Testator by Five Days.
Section 43-8-221 - Choice of Law as to Meaning and Effect of Wills.
Section 43-8-222 - Controlling Effect of Intention of Testator.
Section 43-8-223 - Construction of Will to Pass All Property, Including After-Acquired Property.
Section 43-8-224 - Anti-Lapse Provision; Applicability to Deceased Devisees and to Class Gifts.
Section 43-8-225 - Effect of Failure of Testamentary Provisions.
Section 43-8-226 - Specific Devise of Securities; Change in Securities; Accessions; Nonademption.
Section 43-8-228 - Nonexoneration.