Law and Property Terminology

Flashcards covering key terms related to property law, intestate succession, wills, and related concepts.

Intestate

To die without a will.

Real Property

Land and everything attached to it.

Personal Property

Property that can be tangible or intangible.

Tangible Property

Property that can be seen, touched, smelled, or felt.

Intangible Property

Property that cannot be touched, seen, or smelled.

Intellectual Property

Ideas or inventions created by the mind.

Probate Court

Court that deals with the administration of estates and validity of wills.

Executor

A person appointed to manage the distribution of a deceased person's estate.

Beneficiary

A person named in a will to receive assets from the deceased.

Surrogate Court

Another term for probate court; handles matters of intestate succession.

Consanguineous Relationship

A biological or blood relationship.

Affinity Relationship

A relationship by marriage or in-laws.

Escheat

The process by which property of an intestate person goes to the state.

Slayer Statute

A law preventing someone who kills another from inheriting from them.

Testamentary Capacity

The mental capacity of a testator at the time of creating a will.

Legal Capacity

A person's authority to engage in a particular legal act.

Emancipation Requirements

Conditions under which a minor can be considered independent from parents.

Order of Filiation

The process of establishing a biological relationship for inheritance purposes.

Order of inheritance

Spouse, children, parents, siblings, grandparents, aunts/uncles, cousins