Wisconsin Statutes 54.850 – Definitions
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Terms Used In Wisconsin Statutes 54.850
- Decedent: A deceased person.
- Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator.
- Intestate: Dying without leaving a will.
- Person: includes all partnerships, associations and bodies politic or corporate. See Wisconsin Statutes 990.01
- Property: includes real and personal property. See Wisconsin Statutes 990.01
- Testate: To die leaving a will.
(1) “Administration” means any proceeding relating to a decedent‘s estate whether testate or intestate.
(2) “Beneficiary” means any person nominated in a will to receive an interest in property other than in a fiduciary capacity.
(3) “Distributee” means any person to whom property of a decedent is distributed other than in payment of a claim, or who is entitled to property of a decedent under the decedent’s will or under the statutes of intestate succession.
(4) “Person interested” has the meaning given in s. 851.21.