Probate Ch.3

A gift by will of personal property

A gift by will of personal property

A person who makes a gift by will of personal property

A party who receives a gift by will of personal property

A gift by will of a particular item of personal property

A gift by will of a sum of money from a specified fund or from the sale of particular item

A gift by will of an amount of money

A gift by will of all the remaining property owned by the decedent that has not been gifted in another clause.

A gift by will of real property. Today, under the U.P.C., also known as a bequest

A proportional reduction of gifts to beneficiaries because the state lacks sufficient funds to pay the decedent's debts

A gift by will fails because it is no longer owned by the testator or it is no longer in existence

A gift by will fails because the beneficiary predeceased the decedent of the beneficiary is unwilling to take the item

A legislative enactment that passes the gift of property to a deceased beneficiary's heirs rather than through the will's residuary clause or intestate succession statue.

An heir or beneficiary does not inherit from the decedent if the heir or beneficiary killed the decedent

Also known as administrator or executor; a legal representative appointed by the court to administer the decedent's estate

A person nominated in the will to carry out the directions and the distribution of gifts contained in the will

A temporary return to mental capacity

An oral will made by the testator in anticipation of death gifting personal property and made in the presence of a witness

A will written entirely in the testator's handwriting and not witnessed

An extra witness to a will beyond the statutorily required number.

As prescribed by statute, a will that removes some of the requirements of proof to be admitted to probate. Usually a self-proving affidavit is used.

A public officer who administers oaths and certifies signatures as genuine

A clause that states where, when, and whom the notary public is that is certifying the signature.

Subject to change

A testamentary document that amends a will

A document that authorizes one person (the agent or attorney-in-fact) to act on behalf of another person (the principal)

A power of attorney that does not terminate upon the principal becoming mentally incompetent

A specialized power of attorney where the agent has authority to make health care decisions for the principal

A document where the signer may direct that no artificial measures be employed to postpone his or her death