DH reread CH 6-7

[pippin_999]

No: HPFGUIDX 186348

 
> Alla:
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> I am really confused about what you seem to be saying here Pippin. So, basically you are saying that Dumbledore does not own the sword, right? However, he deemed it quite fine to will it to Harry. Eh, I know that WW law is quite far from being clear but this goes way beyond being unclear and uneffective IMO. The object that does not belong to you, you cannot will, no?

Pippin:
I'm not a lawyer, but AFAIK wills often have bequests that can't be enforced, for example because the deceased disposed of the property in question and didn't change the will. Or because ownership of the item is disputed.

I could will you my interest in the Brooklyn Bridge, couldn't I? And my executor would have to inform you, regretfully, that the Bridge belongs to the New York Port Authority (or whoever), and so you will not be taking possession of it. You will  guess that I must have had some reason for making such an obviously frivolous bequest.

I disagree with Carol that the sword did not regard Dumbledore as a worthy Gryffindor and a rightful user. He became one when he took it  under conditions of need and valor to  destroy the Ring horcrux. But since its guardianship had thus passed to Dumbledore, it wasn't Harry's anymore, and Harry would need to reclaim it properly before he could use it again. Just handing it over with a note wouldn't work, and passing the sword by inheritance does not make you the rightful user as far as the magic is concerned. 

We had the same situation with Kreacher. Although by the terms of Sirius's will  Sirius's house belonged to Harry, it was possible there was magic on the house that wouldn't allow it to be owned by anyone who was not a pureblood. In that case the will could not have been enforced.

Dumbledore could have arranged for Harry to take possession of the sword in the proper way before he died, but surely as long as Dumbledore lived, he was better able to guard it than Harry was. He did not expect to be killed before he had demonstrated the use of the sword to Harry,IMO, but I agree with Carol that he trusted that Hermione would be able to tell Harry why  Dumbledore would want him to have it if Dumbledore didn't get the chance to do so himself. 

Pippin