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2. Will and testament - Wikipedia

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   Legacy – testamentary gift of personal property, traditionally of money. Note: historically, a legacy has referred to either a gift of real property or personal property. Legatee – beneficiary of personal property under a will, i.e., a person receiving a legacy. Probate – legal process of settling the estate of a deceased person.

3. Life estate - Wikipedia

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   In common law and statutory law, a life estate (or life tenancy) is the ownership of immovable property for the duration of a person's life. In legal terms, it is an estate in real property that ends at death, when the property rights may revert to the original owner or to another person. The owner of a life estate is called a "life tenant".

4. Life interest - Wikipedia

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   One form of life interest is a life estate, an ownership interest in property that lasts for the life of the party to whom it has been granted. Unlike the beneficiary of a trust, the owner of a life estate in property has the right to possession of the property and may use it as any other owner, subject only to a duty to avoid waste of the ...

5. 3 Benefits of Using a Living Trust to Pass an Inheritance to ...

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   Image source: Getty Images. 1. You don't have to go through the probate process. When it's time for a will to be executed, it goes through a process called "probate." During probate, a court ...

6. Heir property - Wikipedia

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   Heirs Property occurs when a deceased person's heirs or will beneficiaries become owners of property (also known as real property) as tenants in common. [3] When a property is probated, a deceased person either has a will and the property is passed on to the named beneficiary, or a deceased person dies intestate, without a will, and the property could be split among multiple heirs who become ...

7. Estate (law) - Wikipedia

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   In common law, an estate is a living or deceased person's net worth. It is the sum of a person's assets – the legal rights, interests, and entitlements to property of any kind – less all liabilities at a given time. The issue is of special legal significance on a question of bankruptcy and death of the person. (See inheritance.)