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WC - Abbreviation for “widow’s certificate”

widow’s certificate - Numbered certificate awarded to a widow who qualified for a federal pension based on her husband’s military service; number used to access a pension application file

will - Legally executed document by which a person provides for the disposition of his or her property after death

will book - Book maintained by a court into which wills and other probate records are copied

 

 


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