Glossary For Will Making
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Making a Will is not about wealth it is about making sure that what you want to happen to your estate does happen. It gives you the opportunity to specify such things as who will administer your estate, who will care for your children and who will receive specific items of your property.
Administrator
Person authorised by the court to administer the estate of someone who dies without making a will.
Administratrix
Female version of administrator.
Affidavit
A statement which is confirmed by oath or affirmation.
Animus testandi
The intention to create a will.
Assets passing by
Assets in joint names, such as bank survivorship accounts, that pass automatically to one owner on the death of the other and not by his will.
Attestation
The clause in a will confirming that the will was signed by the testator in the presence of witnesses.
Beneficiary
Person who benefits under a will or under the intestacy rules.
Codicil
Document changing some aspect of the will but leaving the rest intact./
En ventre sa mere
A child as yet unborn./
Estate
The assets and liabilities left by the deceased.
Executor
Person appointed by will to administer a deceased person’s estate.
Learn more – Glossary For Will Making2 or Glossary For Will Making3
- external sites: Making a Will in Scotland