Terms Used In Arizona Laws > Title 14 > Chapter 5 > Article 6 - Public Fiduciary

• 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.
• Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
• Court: means the superior court. See Arizona Laws 14-1201
• Decedent: A deceased person.
• Devisee: means a person designated in a will to receive a devise. See Arizona Laws 14-1201
• Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
• Exempt property: means that property of a decedent's estate that is described in section 14-2403. See Arizona Laws 14-1201
• Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator.
• Fiduciary: includes a personal representative, guardian, conservator and trustee. See Arizona Laws 14-1201
• including: means not limited to and is not a term of exclusion. See Arizona Laws 1-215
• Intestate: Dying without leaving a will.
• Letters: includes letters testamentary, letters of guardianship, letters of administration and letters of conservatorship. See Arizona Laws 14-1201
• Minor: means a person who is under eighteen years of age. See Arizona Laws 14-1201
• 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
• Proceeding: includes action at law and suit in equity. See Arizona Laws 14-1201
• Property: includes both real and personal property. See Arizona Laws 1-215
• Protected person: means a minor or any other person for whom a conservator has been appointed or any other protective order has been made. See Arizona Laws 14-5101
• Security: includes any note, stock, treasury stock, bond, debenture, evidence of indebtedness, certificate of interest or participation in an oil, gas or mining title or lease or in payments out of production under that title or lease, collateral trust certificate, transferable share or voting trust certificate and, in general, includes any interest or instrument commonly known as a security, or any certificate of interest or participation, any temporary or interim certificate, receipt or certificate of deposit for, or any warrant or right to subscribe to or purchase, any of these securities. See Arizona Laws 14-1201
• 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
• Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
• Ward: means a person for whom a guardian has been appointed. See Arizona Laws 14-5101
• Will: includes a codicil and any testamentary instrument that merely appoints an executor, revokes or revises another will, nominates a guardian or expressly excludes or limits the right of an individual or class to succeed to property of the decedent passing by intestate succession. See Arizona Laws 14-1201
• Writing: includes printing. See Arizona Laws 1-215