Chapter Two Flashcards
Dieting with a valid will
Testate
Pertaining to a will or testament
Testamentary
Dying with out a valid will
Intestate
Those persons that inherit from the decedent under the statutes of intestate succession.
Heirs
Those relatives who are in a direct line either assending or descending from the decedent such as a decadents parent or child respectively
Lineal heirs
The stream of progeny of a person that is children grandchildren etc
Issue
An ancestors bloodline. Those relatives that descend as lenial heirs from a person, that is, children grandchildren etc.
Descendants
A persons lineal heirs from whom they descend that is parent grandparent etc
Ancestors
People who are not directly related to the descendent. That is, brother sister, uncle, aunt.
Collateral heirs
One who benefits or inherits property from a will or one who benefits from a trust or insurance.
Beneficiary
The place where a person makes his or her permanent home and when absent plans on returning to it.
Domicile