no-contest clause

no-contest clause
A clause intended to keep a person from doing something or not doing something. In a will, a no-contest clause is intended to keep beneficiaries of the will from challenging its terms. Such clauses usually state that if a beneficiary challenges the will and loses, that beneficiary will receive nothing under the will. Under some states' laws, no-contest clauses are unenforceable. Also called in terrorem clause, noncontest clause, terrorem clause, anticontest clause, and forfeiture clause.
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Nolo’s Plain-English Law Dictionary. . 2009.


no-contest clause
Language in a will that provides that a person who makes a legal challenge to the will's validity will be disinherited.

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