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| A document is witnessed when the witness signs his or her name attesting that he or she observed the execution of a particular document or instrument. |
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| Land, including anything affixed to the land or growing upon the land. |
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| Goods and money; in general, property is either real or personal. |
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| A person who has made a will; a testator is a man, a testatrix is a woman. |
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| A will written entirely by the testator; the handwritten document is not witnessed. Not all states recognize holographic wills. |
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| An oral will; not all states recognize nuncupative will. |
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| To sign one's name at the end of a document. |
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| To affirm that a document is geniune. |
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| A person named in a will who will benefit from a transfer of specific property. |
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| The introductory part of a document. |
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| To take back or to make void. |
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| A gift by will of specific personal property. |
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| A gift by will of specific real property. |
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| A gift of a specific amount of money. |
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| A gift of a specified amount of money in which the testator includes directions as to exactly which fund will be used to fulfill the legacy. |
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| A clause used to deprive an heir of the right to inherit. |
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| A person whose duties involve trust and good faith. |
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| A person chosen by a testator/testatrix to carry out the directions in the will; an executor is a man, while an executrix is a woman. |
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| A person who has the duty of taking care of a person and that person's property. |
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| A person who holds property in trust; a trust is created by a grantor for the benefit of specific beneficiaries. |
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| A clause that includes the date on which the document was executed and who signed the document. |
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| A clause at the end of a will wherein all witnesses declare that the document was executed before them. |
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| To make something known to people. |
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| An addition or change to a will. A codicil does not contain the entire will; it simply supplements the original document. |
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| When a person dies without a will, his or her estate will be disposed of under the laws of intestate succession. The laws of intestate succession will dispose of the property under the state laws of descent and distribution. |
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| A person who has died; a deceased person. |
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| Title that is enforceable in a court of law; legal title involves the full ownership of the trust property. |
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| A trust beneficiary holds equitable title; the person holding equitable title has the right to benefit from the trust property. |
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| The person who creates a trust. |
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| A trust that is operative during the lifetime of the settlor. |
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| A court that has jurisdiction over the probate of a will and the administration of a decedent's estate. |
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| A trust created by a will. |
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| A trust created by law; the court may determine that a person has by actual or constructive fraud or duress obtained a legal right to property that he or she should not in good faith possess. |
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| The judicial procedure by which a will is proved valid or invalid; includes distributing property to the heirs and paying debts and taxes. |
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