testacy
Died with instructions
Testacy is the legal condition of having died with a valid will in place.
It is the opposite of intestacy, which describes dying without a will.
The distinction matters because testacy allows a person's wishes regarding property distribution to be honored, while intestacy means the estate is divided according to default laws.
The court first had to establish testacy before proceeding with the reading of the will.
Faculty of deliberate choice
- executorAppointed estate manager
- beneficiaryDesignated asset receiver
- codicilWill modification document
- bequestGift left by will
devise · trust · legacy · heir · succession · disposition · revocation · amendment
Trial venue or sports surface
- executorAppointed estate manager
- administrationOrganizational oversight and control
- jurisdictionLegal authority's scope
- hearingPerceiving sound waves
docket · filing · petition · validation · adjudication · proceedings · clerk · litigation
One who receives legacy
- beneficiaryDesignated asset receiver
- legacyWhat's passed down
- bequestGift left by will
- patrimonyInherited estate or legacy
birthright · descendants · lineage · entailment · primogeniture · succession · heritage · endowment
No longer living
- decedentLegal term for deceased
- estateProperty and grounds
- funeralService honoring the dead
- memorialThing preserving remembrance
mourning · bereavement · survivor · widow · widower · orphan · posthumous · remains
Quality of being sound
- solvencyCapacity to pay debts
- capacityMaximum amount containable
- competenceAdequate ability to function
- soundnessReliability of structure
attestation · witnesses · notarized · execution · formalities · requirements · compliance · enforceable
will
Faculty of deliberate choice
- executorAppointed estate manager
- beneficiaryDesignated asset receiver
- codicilWill modification document
bequest · devise · trust · legacy · heir · succession · disposition · revocation · amendment · clauses
court
Trial venue or sports surface
- executorAppointed estate manager
- administrationOrganizational oversight and control
- jurisdictionLegal authority's scope
hearing · docket · filing · petition · validation · adjudication · proceedings · clerk · litigation · settlement
heir
One who receives legacy
- beneficiaryDesignated asset receiver
- legacyWhat's passed down
- bequestGift left by will
patrimony · birthright · descendants · lineage · entailment · primogeniture · succession · heritage · endowment · transmission
deceased
No longer living
memorial · mourning · bereavement · survivor · widow · widower · orphan · posthumous · remains · interment
validity
Quality of being sound
- solvencyCapacity to pay debts
- capacityMaximum amount containable
- competenceAdequate ability to function
soundness · attestation · witnesses · notarized · execution · formalities · requirements · compliance · enforceable · binding
- Old TestamentPre-Christian biblical canon
- New TestamentSecond biblical division
- last will and testamentDocument directing posthumous asset distribution
- Will and TestamentDirections for estate distribution
- Old Testament storiesPre-Christian scriptural accounts
- New Testament teachingsChrist's recorded instructions
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