(law) A pair of identical documents executed by two people in order to ensure identical dispositions of their property upon the death of either or both.

plural of will contract

(law) A pair of identical documents executed by a married couple, one signed by the husband, the other by the wife, intended to create an irrevocable contract insuring identical dispositions of their property upon the death of either or both.

(law) An agreement entered into between two parties for the exchange of a current performance by one for a future bequest by the other.

Alternative spelling of willpower

(law) A testamentary device wherein the writer of a will creates a trust (usually unfunded at that point), and decrees in the will that property in his estate at the time of his death shall be placed in the trust.

A murderer will always be discovered. / (idiomatic) Secrets or hidden crimes will eventually be exposed or discovered; nothing that is secret can remain a secret forever.

Of a person, lacking volition, not exercising one's will. / Of an action, involuntary. / intestate; without a legal will governing one's property or estate.

(informal) Children cannot be expected to act like adults.

(idiomatic) Some people will be fired for incompetence.