decedent's estate
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decedent's estate — Property, both real and personal, which person possesses at the time of his death, and title to it descends immediately to his heirs upon his death subject to the control of the probate court for the purposes of paying debts and claims and after… … Black's law dictionary
decedent's estate — Property, both real and personal, which person possesses at the time of his death, and title to it descends immediately to his heirs upon his death subject to the control of the probate court for the purposes of paying debts and claims and after… … Black's law dictionary
collector of decedent's estate — A person temporarily appointed by the probate court to collect rents, assets, interest, bills receivable, etc., of a decedent s estate, and act for the estate in all financial matters requiring immediate settlement. Such collector is usually… … Black's law dictionary
collector of decedent's estate — A person temporarily appointed by the probate court to collect rents, assets, interest, bills receivable, etc., of a decedent s estate, and act for the estate in all financial matters requiring immediate settlement. Such collector is usually… … Black's law dictionary
administrator of the decedent's estate — index executor Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
estate — es·tate /i stāt/ n [Anglo French estat, literally, state, condition, from Old French, from Latin status, from stare to stand] 1: the interest of a particular degree, nature, quality, or extent that one has in land or other property compare fee;… … Law dictionary
decedent — de·ce·dent /di sēd ənt/ n [Latin decedent decedens, present participle of decedere to depart, die]: a deceased person the estate of the decedent Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 … Law dictionary
claim against decedent's estate — A debt or demand of a pecuniary nature which could have been enforced in law or equity against the decedent in his lifetime and could have been reduced to a simple money judgment. 31 Am J2d Ex & Ad § 276. Most courts have held that the term as… … Ballentine's law dictionary
estate tax — n: an excise in the form of a percentage of the taxable estate that is imposed on a property owner s right to transfer the property to others after his or her death – called also succession tax; see also unified transfer tax compare gift tax,… … Law dictionary
assets of a decedent's estate — Property subject to the payment of the debts of the decedent, including real and personal, corporeal and incorporeal, property, but not homestead and other exemptions. 31 Am J2d Ex & Ad § 193. The term has also been defined as being whatever… … Ballentine's law dictionary
