Probate 2 Flashcards
Issue
Lineal descendants, children
Testate
Validly executed will
Intestate
Without a will
Bequest
Gift under a will
Specific bequest
specific gift
Legacy
Gift of money
Demonstrative legacy
specific sum as a gift.
Legatee
Receives a gift of cash
Devise
Gift of property
Specific devise
Gift of specific property
Devisee
Person who received a gift of property
Residuary disposition
Remaining property
Abatement
Reduction in sum because sums are insufficient
Ademption
bequest is disposed prior to death
Satisfaction
Property is given before death
Anti-lapse statute
Substituting issue for beneficiary
Per stirpes
Based upon level of lineal descendants
Per capita
Surviving beneficiaries equal share
Heir
Entitled to receive property
Next-of-kin
Person who inherits property
Consanguinity
Follow direct line lineal
Affinity
Related by blood not ascending or descending
Pretermitted children
Children born after will
Pretermitted spouse
Marries after will
Escheat
No heirs passes to state
Felonions slayer statute
Can’t inherit if killer