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Terms Used In California Codes > Probate Code > Division 7 > Part 6 > Chapter 2 - Granting or Revoking Independent Administration Authority

  • Decedent: A deceased person.
  • Devisee: means any person designated in a will to receive a devise. See California Probate Code 34
  • Executor: A male person named in a will to carry out the decedent
  • Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
  • full authority: means authority to administer the estate under this part that includes all the powers granted under this part. See California Probate Code 10402
  • Heir: means any person, including the surviving spouse, who is entitled to take property of the decedent by intestate succession under this code. See California Probate Code 44
  • interested person: includes any of the following:

    California Probate Code 48

  • Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
  • limited authority: means authority to administer the estate under this part that includes all the powers granted under this part except the power to do any of the following:

    California Probate Code 10403

  • Person: means an individual, corporation, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, limited liability company, association, or other entity. See California Probate Code 56
  • Personal property: All property that is not real property.
  • Personal representative: means executor, administrator, administrator with the will annexed, special administrator, successor personal representative, public administrator acting pursuant to Section 7660, or a person who performs substantially the same function under the law of another jurisdiction governing the person's status. See California Probate Code 58
  • Property: means anything that may be the subject of ownership and includes both real and personal property and any interest therein. See California Probate Code 62
  • Will: includes codicil and any testamentary instrument which merely appoints an executor or revokes or revises another will. See California Probate Code 88