Wills and testaments

A will or testament is a legal document that expresses a person's (testator) wishes as to how their property (estate) is to be distributed after their death and as to which person (executor) is to manage the property until its final distribution.

As a plot device a will can be used in several ways:
 * It can give someone the motive to commit a murder.
 * It can cast suspicion on someone.
 * It can lead to several more murders.
 * The beneficiary can turn out to be someone unexpected.

Stories involving wills, testaments and inheritances

 * After the Funeral
 * The Case of the Missing Will
 * Crooked House
 * Greenshaw's Folly
 * How Does Your Garden Grow?
 * Motive v. Opportunity
 * A Pocket Full of Rye
 * Sad Cypress
 * Strange Jest
 * Towards Zero
 * Peril at End House (Nick Buckley's beneficiary is someone completely unexpected, later turned out to be forgery)
 * Why Didn't They Ask Evans? - a will with unusual provisions and the choice of witnesses forms the main premise of the story.
 * At Bertram's Hotel