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decedent
Matched in: Term decedent
Decedent
Matched in: Term Decedent
Decede
To withdraw
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Income in respect of a decedent
Matched in: Term Income in respect of a decedent
heir
heir who exercises the benefit of inventory which limits the amount of his or her liability for the decedent's debts bod·i·ly heir : heir of the body in this entry forced heir : an heir who cannot
succession
property interest of a deceased person and esp. an intestate : the transmission of the estate of a decedent to his or her heirs, legatees, or devisees ;also : the estate of the deceased including assets and
wrongful death action
a wrongful death and that seeks damages for the benefit of the survivors or the estate of the decedent compare survival action NOTE: A wrongful death action is intended to compensate for injury to beneficiaries and not
Qu' plura
Car. 2, c. 24. Means a writ ordering the escheator, when it appeared that not all of a decedent's property had been located, to inquire about any additional lands and tenements the decedent held at the time
survival action
wrongful death action NOTE: A survival action depends on the existence of a cause of action that the decedent would have had if he or she had survived. A wrongful death suit is concerned with injury to
retrocession
to its former or true owner ;specif in the civil law of Louisiana : the return to a decedent's heirs of property of the decedent that had been sold or assigned by coheirs NOTE: An heir's right
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