Mortuary Law & Business Law

Legatee

A person appointed by the court to oversee the estate of an interstate is called:

Executor

A personal representative of the decedent appointed in the will to carry out the provisions of the will is called

Will

A written disposition of property, real or personal, to take effect at the death of an individual is called

Codicil

An addition or modification of a will is known as a

Intestate

When a person dies without a will, he is said to die

Void

A contract that is of no legal effect

Testator

A person who dies leaving a valid will is called

Probate

The filing and proving of the will following death is called

The federal claims act

The right to sue the federal government is derived from

Custodian

When a funeral director has a dead human body in his car, he is properly termed a:

Bailee

When a funeral director has the personal effects of a dead human body in his possession, he is properly termed a: