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[EVERY MAN'S HOUSE IS HIS CASTLE.] 1585. Making a Will. The personal property of any person deceased, left undisposed of by deed or will, is divisible among his widow, should he leave one, and his next of kin, in the following order: i. Children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren, &c. The next inheritors, in the absence of these, are, ii. Father;--if none, mother, and brothers and sisters, and their children (but not their grandchildren); iii. His grandfathers and grandmothers;--if none, iv. His uncles and aunts;--if none, v. His cousins, and great-nephews and nieces. 1586. Further Details on Intestacy. If the Deceased leave a Widow, but no child or children, one half of his personal estate will fall to his widow, and the other half will be divisible among the next of kin. The father of an intestate without children is entitled to one half of his estate, if he leave a widow, and to the whole if he leave no widow. When the nearest of kin are the mother and the brothers and sisters, the personal estate is divisible in equal portions, one of which will belong to the mother, and one to each of the brothers and sisters; and if there be children of a deceased brother or sister, an equal portion is divisible among each family of children. 1587. Valid Wills (1). Wills, to be Valid, can only be made by persons at or above the age of twenty-one, and in a sound state of mind at the time of making the last will and testament; not attainted of treason; nor a felon; nor an outlaw. As regards the power of married women to make wills, a married woman may make a will, disposing, as she may think fit, of all property to which she is entitled for her separate use.