Wills and Estates Vocabulary

Word Bank
Power of Attorney, Public Guardian and Trustee, assets, beneficiary, estate, executor, funeral, guardian, inherit, joint tenancy, land title, legally binding, minors, notary public, probate, spouse, tenancy in common, trustee, will, will maker

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3. A legal procedure to make sure that a will is valid. It allows banks and others to rely on the will as being the last will made by the person who has died (n)

7. A legal professional authorized to provide certain legal services to the public, for example, prepare wills and and notarize signatures on documents (n).

10. The person named in a will to carry out the instructions in the will and settle the will-maker’s affairs after they die. (n)

12. All of the property and belongings a person owns when they die, with some exceptions. (n)

14. Something that must be obeyed because it is accepted in law. (adj)

15. to receive something from someone after that person's death (v)

18. legal document proving land ownership (n)

19. people under the age of legal adulthood (19) (n)

20. the authority to act for another person in specified or all legal or financial matters (n).

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1. A public body established by law to protect the interests of British Columbians who don't have the ability to protect their own interests (n).

2. A person who is to receive money or property in a will, benefit plan, or insurance policy (n)

4. Anything a person owns that has value, such as money, land, investments, and personal belongings such as jewelry and furniture (n).

5. Person the will-maker was married to, or lived with in a marriage-like relationship for at least the two years prior to the will-maker’s death (n).

6. a person who holds responsibility and acts on behalf of another person (the beneficiary) (n)

8. a person who legally has the care of another person (n)

9. a ceremony at which a dead person is buried or cremated (n)

11. A way that property can be owned where each owner has the same interest in and an equal right to use the property. When one tenant dies, their share automatically passes to the other joint tenants. (n)

13. A way property can be owned. When one tenant dies, their share of the property is included in their estate (n).

16. A person who prepares and signs a will. (n)

17. A legal document that gives instructions about who should receive the property of the will-maker after they die, and on what conditions. (n)

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