In the absence of a provision in the will to the contrary, if any beneficiary who is a descendant of the testator dies before the testator, leaving lineal descendants, the property, share or beneficial interest that would have been distributed or allocated to that deceased beneficiary must be distributed or allocated to that beneficiary’s descendants then living, by right of representation, to be distributed under the same terms that would have applied to the deceased beneficiary. [18:61:1862; A 1937, 48; 1931 NCL § 9922]—(NRS A 1999, 2258; 2011, 1435)
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