Law of probate

   Match the words with their definitios.

   

   1. Probate           A. Document stating what a person has decided to do with his property     
                        after his death                                                           
   2. Inherit           B. Person making a will                                                   
   3. Will              C. Legal process of settling the estate of a deceased person,             
                        specifically resolving all claims and distributing the decedent's         
                        property.                                                                 
   4. Testator          D. Tax paid from money you have received from a dead person               
   5. Witness           E. Not having left a will                                                 
   6. Estate            F. Everything a person owns when he dies (real and personal)              
   7. Intestate         G. Receive the property of a dead person                                  
   8. Succession        H. There is a will dealing with some of the dead person’s property but    
                        not all of it                                                             
   9. Partial intestacy I. Someone who is asked to be present at a particular event and sign      
                        their name in order to prove things have been done correctly              
   10. Inheritance tax  J. Process of becoming entitled as a legal beneficiary to the property of 
                        a dead person                                                             

   

   

   Complete the sentence with a correct word.

    1. There are laws of _____________ which clearly lay down who is entitled to the property of
       an intestate person and in what order.
    2. Many people never make a will, they die ___________.
    3. In the case of __________________ both the terms of the will and the laws of succession
       need to be applied.
    4. In general, _____________ is payable on all gifts made from an estate.
    5. There must be two _____________ to sign the will.
    6. The ____________ need not be drawn up by a lawyer but there are certain regulations about
       how it must be made.
    7. ___________ generally lasts several months, occasionally over a year before all the
       property can be distributed.
    8. According to Islamic inheritance jurisprudence, sons __________ twice as much as daughters
       when no will is left.
    9. The testator need not give all of his__________ to a family member.
   10. The ___________ must demonstrate that he has the capacity to dispose of his property, and
       does so freely and willingly.