Vermont Statutes Title 14 Sec. 1740
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Terms Used In Vermont Statutes Title 14 Sec. 1740
- Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
- Equitable: Pertaining to civil suits in "equity" rather than in "law." In English legal history, the courts of "law" could order the payment of damages and could afford no other remedy. See damages. A separate court of "equity" could order someone to do something or to cease to do something. See, e.g., injunction. In American jurisprudence, the federal courts have both legal and equitable power, but the distinction is still an important one. For example, a trial by jury is normally available in "law" cases but not in "equity" cases. Source: U.S. Courts
- Executor: A male person named in a will to carry out the decedent
- Executor: includes administrator with the will annexed. See
- Testator: A male person who leaves a will at death.
§ 1740. Payment of expenses; from estate, if sufficient
At the time of partition or distribution of an estate, if the executor or administrator has retained sufficient assets that may lawfully be applied for that purpose, the expenses of partition or distribution may be paid by the executor or administrator when it appears to the court equitable and not inconsistent with the intention of a testator. (Amended 2017, No. 195 (Adj. Sess.), § 10.)