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