West Virginia Code 36-12-2 – Definitions
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Terms Used In West Virginia Code 36-12-2
- 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.
- Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
- Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
- Right of survivorship: The ownership rights that result in the acquisition of title to property by reason of having survived other co-owners.
- State: when applied to a part of the United States and not restricted by the context, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories, and the words "United States" also include the said district and territories. See West Virginia Code 2-2-10
(1) "Beneficiary" means a person who receives property under a transfer on death deed.
(2) "Contingent beneficiary" means a person designated in a transfer on death deed to receive property only if a different person fails to survive the transferor.
(3) "Designated beneficiary" means a person designated to receive property in a transfer on death deed. The term includes contingent beneficiaries.
(4) "Joint owner" means an individual who owns property concurrently with one or more other individuals with a right of survivorship.
(5) "Person" means an individual, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, limited liability company, association, joint venture, public corporation, government or governmental subdivision, agency or instrumentality, or any other legal or commercial entity.
(6) "Property" means an interest in real property located in this state which is transferable on the death of the owner.
(7) "Transfer on death deed" means a deed authorized under this article.
(8) "Transferor" means an individual who makes a transfer on death deed.