H: MORAL OBLIGATIONS182 Gifts to specific charitiesIt is not uncommon for a charity to receive a testamentary gift which a reasonable individual would feel it wrong to accept, or to accept in full. Typical examples are:182.1 where, for some reason which the testator did not anticipate, the charitable gift, usually of residue, is a great deal more valuable than he envisaged;182.2 where, owing to some defect in the drafting or execution of the will, the charity has benefited at the expense of some other intended beneficiary; or182.3 where the testator failed during his lifetime to give
It is not uncommon for a charity to receive a testamentary gift which a reasonable individual would feel it wrong to accept, or to accept in full. Typical examples are:
where, for some reason which the testator did not anticipate, the charitable gift, usually of residue, is a great deal more valuable than he envisaged;
where, owing to some defect in the drafting or execution of the will, the charity has benefited at the expense of some other intended beneficiary; or
where the testator failed during his lifetime to give
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