Terms Used In Arizona Laws > Title 14 > Chapter 4 > Article 2 - Powers of Foreign Personal Representatives

• Action: includes any matter or proceeding in a court, civil or criminal. See Arizona Laws 1-215
• Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
• Application: means a written request to the registrar for an order of informal probate or appointment under chapter 3, article 3 of this title. See Arizona Laws 14-1201
• Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
• Court: means the superior court. See Arizona Laws 14-1201
• Decedent: A deceased person.
• Estate: includes the property of the decedent, trust or other person whose affairs are subject to this title as originally constituted and as it exists from time to time during administration. See Arizona Laws 14-1201
• Foreign personal representative: means a personal representative who is appointed by another jurisdiction. See Arizona Laws 14-1201
• Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
• Local administration: means administration by a personal representative appointed in this state pursuant to appointment proceedings described in chapter 3. See Arizona Laws 14-4101
• Local personal representative: includes any personal representative appointed in this state pursuant to appointment proceedings described in chapter 3 and excludes foreign personal representatives who acquire the power of a local personal representative pursuant to section 14-4205. See Arizona Laws 14-4101
• Nonresident decedent: means a decedent who was domiciled in another jurisdiction at the time of the decedent's death. See Arizona Laws 14-1201
• Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
• Person: means an individual or an organization. See Arizona Laws 14-1201
• Personal property: All property that is not real property.
• Personal property: includes money, goods, chattels, things in action and evidences of debt. See Arizona Laws 1-215
• Personal representative: includes an executor, an administrator, a successor personal representative, a special administrator and persons who perform substantially the same function under the law governing their status. See Arizona Laws 14-1201
• Petition: means a written request to the court for an order after notice. See Arizona Laws 14-1201
• Probate: Proving a will
• Property: includes both real and personal property. See Arizona Laws 1-215
• Resident creditor: means a person domiciled in, or doing business in this state, who is, or could be, a claimant against an estate of a nonresident decedent. See Arizona Laws 14-4101
• State: means a state, territory or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. See Arizona Laws 14-9101