Chapter One

Question 0

A testamentary document that distributes wealth and directs how the estate should be administered.

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Will

Question 1

A method for preparing for the administration of a persons property upon death by using documents and other arraignments usually to reduce the cost of administration and taxes.

Answer 1

Estate planning

Question 2

A man who makes and executes a will.

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Testator

Question 3

A woman who makes and executes a will.

Answer 3

Testatrix

Question 4

The process of a court admitting a will as valid and or administering a descendants estate.

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Probate

Question 5

Dieting without a valid will.

Answer 5

Intestate

Question 6

State legislators can adopt this body of law relating to all matters in which a probate court has authority.

Answer 6

Uniform probate code UPC

Question 7

Land and items securely attached to it.

Answer 7

Real property

Question 8

Personal property that is securely attached to the land so that it takes on the characteristics of real property and is treated as real property under the law.

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Fixtures

Question 9

The highest interest in land. One person has full ownership to the land.

Answer 9

Fee simple

Question 10

An interest held by two or more persons each having a possessory right in the same piece of property.

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Tenancy in common

Question 11

A single estate in property held by two or more persons created under one instrument at one time.

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Joint tenancy

Question 12

Ownership of property by a husband or wife together

Answer 12

Tenancy by the entirety

Question 13

Property owned by a husband or wife each having an undivided one half ownership right because of their marital status.

Answer 13

Community property

Question 14

Property that one spouse owns exclusively because it was acquired by the individual prior to marriage or through other methods such that law deems the property as separate.

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Separate property