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LEGAL TERMS
INVENTORY
A complete listing of all property owned by a deceased person at the time of death. The inventory is filed with the court during probate. The executor or admini... (more...)
A complete listing of all property owned by a deceased person at the time of death. The inventory is filed with the court during probate. The executor or administrator of the estate is responsible for making and filing the inventory.
DEED OF TRUST
See trust deed.
STATUTORY SHARE
The portion of a deceased person's estate that a spouse is entitled to claim under state law. The statutory share is usually one-third or one-half of the deceas... (more...)
The portion of a deceased person's estate that a spouse is entitled to claim under state law. The statutory share is usually one-third or one-half of the deceased spouse's property, but in some states the exact amount of the spouse's share depends on whether or not the couple has young children and, in a few states, on how long the couple was married. In most states, if the deceased spouse left a will, the surviving spouse must choose either what the will provides or the statutory share. Sometimes the statutory share is known by its more arcane legal name, dower and curtesy, or as a forced or elective share.
RULE AGAINST PERPETUITIES
An exceedingly complex legal doctrine that limits the amount of time that property can be controlled after death by a person's instructions in a will. For examp... (more...)
An exceedingly complex legal doctrine that limits the amount of time that property can be controlled after death by a person's instructions in a will. For example, a person would not be allowed to leave property to her husband for his life, then to her children for their lives, then to her grandchildren. The gift would potentially go to the grandchildren at a point too remote in time.
BENEFICIARY
A person or organization legally entitled to receive benefits through a legal device, such as a will, trust or life insurance policy.
SPENDTHRIFT TRUST
A trust created for a beneficiary the grantor considers irresponsible about money. The trustee keeps control of the trust income, doling out money to the benefi... (more...)
A trust created for a beneficiary the grantor considers irresponsible about money. The trustee keeps control of the trust income, doling out money to the beneficiary as needed, and sometimes paying third parties (creditors, for example) on the beneficiary's behalf, bypassing the beneficiary completely. Spendthrift trusts typically contain a provision prohibiting creditors from seizing the trust fund to satisfy the beneficiary's debts. These trusts are legal in most states, even though creditors hate them.
HEIR APPARENT
One who expects to be receive property from the estate of a family member, as long as she outlives that person.
INTESTATE
The condition of dying without a valid will. The probate court appoints an administrator to distribute the deceased person's property according to state law.
PUBLISHED WORK
An original work of authorship that is considered published for purposes of copyright law. A work is 'published' when it is first made available to the public o... (more...)
An original work of authorship that is considered published for purposes of copyright law. A work is 'published' when it is first made available to the public on an unrestricted basis. It is thus possible to display a work, or distribute it with restrictions on disclosure of its contents, without actually 'publishing' it. Both published and unpublished works are entitled to copyright protection, but some of the rules differ.
SAMPLE LEGAL CASES
Cargill, Inc. v. JWH SPEC. CIRCUMSTANCE LLC
... With two major carve-outs, the Act explicitly subjects Delaware statutory trusts to
existing trust law concepts. Section ... 2. Does the Act itself preempt duties the Cargill
Plaintiffs otherwise would have had under the law of trusts? As ...
IN THE MATTER OF LAMMOT DU PONT COPELAND TRUST NO. 5400
... MEMORANDUM OPINION. CHANDLER, Chancellor. This case presents, on summary
judgment, the narrow question of whether the assets of two trusts, upon their future termination,
are to be distributed to their beneficiaries per stirpes or per capita. ...
IN THE MATTER OF LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF DALAND
... The issue before me is whether a validly executed will can be reformed by inserting language
intended to exercise testator's powers of appointment over his parents' trusts, language which
is alleged to have been omitted mistakenly by the scrivener during the process of drafting ...
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