You wrote:
There are many possible reasons for such a will. In some
jurisdictions, at
some times, it has been legally impossible to disinherit a child. If you did
not leave them something, the will could be overturned.
Which no doubt led to the phrase 'to be cut off with a shilling'.
Joan
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