Terms Used In New York Laws > Domestic Relations > Article 7 > Title 4 - Effect of Adoption From an Authorized Agency, of Private-placement Adoption, and Abrogations Thereof

• Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
• Decedent: A deceased person.
• Intestate: Dying without leaving a will.
• Lawful custody: shall mean a custody (a) specifically authorized by statute or (b) pursuant to judgment, decree or order of a court or (c) otherwise authorized by law. See N.Y. Domestic Relations Law 109
• Personal property: All property that is not real property.
• Testator: A male person who leaves a will at death.