Chapter 1 Flashcards
What is the term for relatives like aunts, uncles, cousins, brothers, and sisters?
Collaterals
What is a “devisee”?
A beneficiary of real property under a will.
Is there something wrong with the following sentence? If so, correct it.
All of the heirs gathered at the lawyer’s office to learn what the decedent had left them in his will.
“Heirs” are those who take in the absence of a will. “Devisees” are those who take under a will.
Fill in the blank: Anne Smith has made an appointment with her lawyer to have her will drawn. She intends to __________ her house to her son.
Devise
Fill in the blank: Jeremy Parker died _________ [without a will].
Intestate
Are “convey” and “sell” synonyms? If not, why?
To “convey” includes both transfer by sale and transfer by gift.
Fill in the blank: The __________ [dead person] had no heirs.
Decedent
Name some examples of a person’s “collaterals”
Siblings, aunts, uncles, cousins, nieces, nephews
Is there something wrong with the following sentence? If so, correct it.
Since Harold did not have a will Maude is the devisee of his entire estate.
A “devisee” is one who receives real property under a will. Maude is the “heir” of Harold’s estate.
What is the term for a person’s children and grandchildren?
Issue
What is the term for a person’s parents, grandparents, and great-grandparents?
Ancestors
Fill in the blank: Hazel’s will left a __________ [an item of personal property disposed of by a will] to her brother.
Bequest
Fill in the blank: If Hazel had not died _______ [with a will], all of her estate would have passed to her daughter.
Testate
Name some examples of a person’s “issue.”
Children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren
Francine never married. She died without a will, and all of her blood relatives had died many years before. Therefore, her property will _______ to the state.
Escheat
