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Terms Used In Tennessee Code 66-4-101

  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Decedent: A deceased person.
  • Person: includes a corporation, firm, company or association. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • written: includes printing, typewriting, engraving, lithography, and any other mode of representing words and letters. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105

In all cases of written agreements or contracts for the conveyance of land in this state, where the person executing the agreement or contract dies before final conveyance is made, the decedent‘s personal representatives may execute the conveyance to the person with whom such agreement or contract was made, or the decedent’s heirs or assigns, according to the forms prescribed for the conveyance of real estate.