decedent's assets
81principal administration — The administration of the estate of a decedent in the jurisdiction of his domicil, as distinguished from ancillary administration in another jurisdiction where there are assets left by the decedent which require administration. 31 Am J2d Ex & Ad… …
82Apostille — An apostille, or postil, is properly a gloss on a scriptural text, particularly on a gospel text; however, it has come to mean an explanatory note on other writings. The word is also applied to a general commentary, and also to a homily or… …
83executor — executorial /ig zek yeuh tawr ee euhl, tohr /, adj. executorship, n. /ig zek yeuh teuhr/ or, for 1, /ek si kyooh teuhr/, n. 1. a person who executes, carries out, or performs some duty, job, assignment, artistic work, etc. 2. Law. a person named… …
84personal — Appertaining to the person; belonging to an individual; limited to the person; having the nature or partaking of the qualities of human beings, or of movable property. In re Steimes Estate, 150 Misc. 279, 270 N.Y.S. 339. As to personal action… …
85creditors' bill — An action or suit brought by a creditor to enforce the payment of a debt out of property or an interest of his debtor which cannot be reached by ordinary legal process. 21 Am J2d Cred B § 1. The term is also used broadly to refer to certain other …
86order for distribution — An order by the court having jurisdiction over the administration of a decedent s estate directing the administrator or executor to distribute the assets of the estate, such order normally being made after all claims of creditors of the estate… …
87reopening estate — A matter with which bankruptcy courts are expressly invested with jurisdiction, such courts being empowered to reopen closed estates for cause shown, Bankruptcy Act § 2(a) (8); 11 USC § 11(a) (8), as for the administration of assets of… …
88Terri Schiavo — Infobox Person name = Terri Schiavo caption = Terri Schiavo in hospice with her mother on August 11, 2001 birth date = birth date|1963|12|3|mf=y birth place = Lower Moreland Township, Pennsylvania death date = death date and… …
89Estate planning — is the process of accumulating and disposing of an estate to maximize the goals of the estate owner. The various goals of estate planning include making sure the greatest amount of the estate passes to the estate owner s intended beneficiaries,… …
90Ademption — is a term used in the law of wills to determine what happens when property bequeathed under a will is no longer in the testator s estate when the testator dies. For devises of specific items of property, called specific gifts, the property is… …
