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NALS Chapter19_75499
Vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Administrator cum testamento annexo | when the name executor of a will cannot or will not serve, the court appoints and administrator |
| Ancillary proceeding | A proceeding that takes place outside the state of a decedents domicile due to do a probate requirement for real estate or tangible property in that state |
| Beneficiary | trial by a judge, rather than a jury |
| Codicil | An amendment to a will, either to add provisions or delete provisions of a will, which is executed with all the formalities of a will; this term means little will |
| Decedent | Those persons who are in the blood line of the ancestors |
| Devise | Also, prersiduary gift, a gift of real property by will. under the uniform probate code |
| Devisee | The person to whom real property is given by will |
| Distributed in kind | in estate administration, property that is not liquidated nd is distributed in the form in which it came |
| estate | A persons property |
| Executor | A person or entity appointed by a person to administer the terms of his will |
| Executor de bonis non | Representative appointed by the court when the name executor to the will cannot or will not serve |
| Guardian ad litem | person appointed by the court to represent a minor or incapacitated person in a legal proceeding |
| inter vivos trust | A trust created during a decedents lifetime that becomes operative during his lifetime |
| Intestate | Having dies without a will |
| Legacy | A disposition of personal property by will |
| Legatee | The person to whom a legacy is given in a will |
| Letters of administration | Formal document issued by probate court appointing the administrator of an estate |
| Liquidation | The conversion of all a debtor's nonexempt property in a bankruptcy proceeding |
| Minor | A person under the age of legal competence |
| Probate | Court proceeding by which a will is proved valid or invalid. the term is also used to mean all proceedings pertaining to the administration of an estate |
| Proof of will | The process by which a decedents will is validated and admitted to probate |
| Self proved will | A will that does not require further proof to be admitted to probate |
| Testate | Having died leaving a valid will |
| Testator | A person who makes a will |
| Vulnerable adults | Adults who lack the mental or physical capability to care for themselves |
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