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2. Will and testament - Wikipedia

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   This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 3 January 2025. Legal declaration where a person distributes property at death "Last Will" redirects here. For the film, see Last Will (film). This article possibly contains original research. Please improve it by verifying the claims made and adding inline citations. Statements consisting only of ...

3. What To Do If You Are the Executor of a Will - AOL

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   Here’s a step-by-step guide on what you need to know about what to do as an executor of a will. ... a certified copy of a death certificate in California costs $21. In Florida, a certified death ...

4. Power of appointment - Wikipedia

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   The holder of the power refers to the document creating the power in his or her will and designates who among the permissible objects of the power should receive the property. The power could be exercised by creating further trusts. If the power of appointment is not exercised, the default provision of the document that created the power takes ...

5. Administration (probate law) - Wikipedia

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   Upon the death of a person intestate, or of one who left a will without appointing executors, or when the executors appointed by the will cannot or will not act, the Probate Division of the High Court of Justice or the local District Probate Registry will appoint an administrator who performs similar duties to an executor. The court does this ...

6. Joint wills and mutual wills - Wikipedia

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   Although a single document, the joint will is a separate distribution of property by each executor (signatory) and will be treated as such on admission to probate. Mutual wills are any two (or more) wills which are mutually binding, such that following the first death the survivor is constrained in the ability to dispose of the property by the ...

7. Codicil (will) - Wikipedia

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   A codicil is a testamentary or supplementary document similar but not necessarily identical to a will.The purpose of a codicil can differ across jurisdictions.It may serve to amend, rather than replace, a previously executed will, serve as an alternative or replacement to a will, or in some instances have no recognized distinction between it and a will.

8. Administrator of an estate - Wikipedia

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   The administrator of an estate is a legal term referring to a person appointed by a court to administer the estate of a deceased person who left no will. [1] Where a person dies intestate, i.e., without a will, the court may appoint a person to settle their debts, pay any necessary taxes and funeral expenses, and distribute the remainder according to the procedure set down by law.

9. Letters of Administration - Wikipedia

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   Essentially, this document is issued to the person who will administer the estate of someone who dies without a will. As outlined by the Cornell Legal Information Institute, "The letters authorize the administrator to settle the deceased person's estate according to the state's intestate succession laws.