Glossary

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A person who inherits when there is a Will. 

The person who has the Will when the person who wrote the Will dies. 

The person who died.

All the property (real or personal) that a person owned at the time of death. This includes pension plans, bank accounts etc.

 A person named in a Will and appointed by the Court to carry out the dead person’s wishes.

A person who inherits when there is no Will.

When someone dies without leaving a Will.

People who are named in a Will.

The person responsible for overseeing the distribution of the estate.

Buildings and land.

When someone dies leaving a Will.

 If someone dies without a will, the law gives a priority list for who should be the administrator. The surviving spouse or legal domestic partner is at the top of the list, with children as the second category, grandchildren as the third, parents as the fourth, and any descendants of the parents being last.