Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 54:38-14

  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Legacy: A gift of property made by will.
  • Probate: Proving a will
  • Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
  • State: extends to and includes any State, territory or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia and the Canal Zone. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
This chapter shall apply to the estates of all decedents dying hereafter and to the estates of those who died subsequent to February twenty-sixth, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-six, which are still in process of settlement and subject to the jurisdiction of the courts of probate of this state, but shall not apply where the inheritance, succession or legacy tax due the state has been fully paid and the inheritance tax proceeding considered closed by the state tax commissioner, or where the estate tax due the United States has been fully paid and the time within which to claim the benefits of the credit provision of the federal revenue act of one thousand nine hundred and twenty-six, or any modifications thereof has expired prior to June twenty-second, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-four.