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Will

A legal document wherein a person specifies a person, testator, to create a decision on how his estate will be distributed after his death.

Power of Attorney

Written legal document given by one party (the principal) to appoint another person (attorney-in-fact) to act on his or her behalf, thus giving approval on the agent to execute certain acts or functions.

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Deeds

A deed is a written legal authority by which an asset owner (the grantor) shifts his or her right of ownership to an asset to another party (the grantee).

Advance Medical Directives

Designed to outline a person who is incapable of making his/her own medical decision and preferences, a health-care proxy can act on the patient's behalf.

We also write wills, deeds and powers of attorney.

Sources

MedicineNet. 2011. Advance Medical Directives: Power of Attorney & Living Wills. [ONLINE] Available at: https://www.medicinenet.com/advance_medical_directives/article.htm#introduction_to_advance_medical_directives. 

Thomson Reuters Practical Law. 2011. Thomson Reuters Practical Law. [ONLINE] Available at: https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/1-107-6055?transitionType=Default&contextData=(sc.Default)&firstPage=true&comp=pluk&bhcp=1

The Free Dictionary. 2006. Power of Attorney. [ONLINE] Available at: https://legal-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/power+of+attorney

The Free Dictionary. 2017. Will. [ONLINE] Available at: https://legal-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/power+of+attorney