The Noble House of Black

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> > > What with Sirius gone now -- who gets his house? 
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> Hm, he might have a will, stored in his Gringotts vault. It would
> be logical that he made one when he decided to be the Potter's
> Secret-Keeper. He expected to die then. Okay, he was still very
> young, but it's a viable assumption. But even if he has a will, the
> house wouldn't be part of it because he would have never wanted it
> and his mother was still alive at that time. Unless he
> changed his will during the time frame of OoP. I think this would 
be rather
> unlikely, he wasn't in the frame of mind to think of such things,
> being depressed and all.
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Me, with a small comment:

There is such a thing as "residue", defined as:
"in a will, the assets of the estate of a person who has died with a 
will (died testate) which are left after all specific gifts have been 
made." (from http://dictionary.law.com/)

I should think that Sirius probably named either James or Harry (if 
his last will was made after James died) as his residuary beneficiary 
(is that the term?). I should say, Harry most probably now owns the 
house. 


Naama (who has no legal education whatsoever, but reads a LOT of 
detective stories)