Alabama Code 43-2-480. Authorization to sell
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Terms Used In Alabama Code 43-2-480
- 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.
- Probate: Proving a will
Lands of an estate may be ordered sold by the probate court having jurisdiction of the estate for the payment of pecuniary legacies, when such legacies are expressly or by necessary implication made a charge on such lands and the will does not confer upon the personal representative the power or authority to make sale of lands for such purpose.