New York Laws > Estates, Powers and Trusts > Article 3 > Part 5 – Rules Governing Wills Having Relation to Another Jurisdiction
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§ 3-5.1 | Formal validity, intrinsic validity, effect, interpretation, |
Terms Used In New York Laws > Estates, Powers and Trusts > Article 3 > Part 5 - Rules Governing Wills Having Relation to Another Jurisdiction
- Decedent: A deceased person.
- Donee: The recipient of a gift.
- Donor: The person who makes a gift.
- Inter vivos: Transfer of property from one living person to another living person.
- 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.
- Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
- Mental illness: means an affliction with a mental disease or mental condition which is manifested by a disorder or disturbance in behavior, feeling, thinking, or judgment to such an extent that the person afflicted requires care and treatment. See N.Y. Correction Law 400
- Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
- Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
- Personal property: All property that is not real property.
- Probate: Proving a will
- Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
- Testator: A male person who leaves a will at death.