A clear and unambiguous will, prepared by a competent attorney, must be construed in the ordinary and well accepted technical import, from the four corners of the will. Davis v. Davis, 289 Ala. 313, 267 So.2d 158; Thomas v. Reynolds, 234 Ala. 212, 174 So. 753; Wilbur v. Campbell, 280 Ala. 268, 192 So.2d 721; Sewell v. Byars, 271 Ala. 148, 122 So.2d 398. Extrinsic evidence is never admissible for the purpose of enlarging or diminishing the estate or interest devised, or to vary the legal effect of the language of the will in this respect. 57 Am.Jur. 677, Wills Section 1042; 57 Am.Jur. 682, Wills Section 1051; Lee v. Shivers, 70 Ala. 288; Dozier v. Dozier, 201 Ala. 174, 77 So. 700; Azar v. Azar, 262 Ala. 547, 80 So.2d 277. Joint tenancy, with right of survivorship, does not prevail in Alabama unless the instrument creating the tenancy so provides. Code of 1940, T. 16, Section 9; Code of 1940, T. 47, Section 19; McWhorter v. Cox, 209 Ala. 233, 96 So. 71. The will created a vested remainder in the heirs of S.D. Barganier, subject to divestiture by the widow's right to dispose of the property during her lifetime.
Restatement of Property ยง 426(1) comment c. Recent cases merely reiterate the rule. See, e.g., Wilbur v. Campbell, 192 So.2d 721 (Ala. 1966). This is a case of first impression in Colorado, and, although we reach the same result, we are not persuaded by the reasoning of courts in other jurisdictions. Remarriage is no longer considered unchaste, immodest, or unfaithful, and archaic principles of coverture have been abandoned.