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Administration of estates
The process, including all administrative actions to initiate and complete the
process.
Alienate
A broad term that covers all modes of disposing of an asset.
amanuensis
Someone the testator has authorised to sign the will on behalf of him or herself
Amendment
A deletion, addition, or alteration by the testator
Animus testandi
The intention of the testator to make a will
Ascendants
Ancestors of the deceased
,Attestation clause
A clause that appears at the end of the will in which it is declared that all the
parties were present and signed in one another's presence.
Beneficiary or beneficiaries
The person or persons to whom a testator's estate is transferred.
Bequeath
Dispose of assets by means of a will
Bequest
The bequeathable assets left by the deceased.
Capacity to act
A person's capacity to enter into legal acts
Cleave/Cloven
When an estate rises up from the deceased to his parents and is divided into
two halves so that each half goes to each parent's side from where it is
further distributed.
,Child's portion
Calculated by dividing the deceased's estate by the number of children who have
either survived him or her, or have predeceased him or her but have left
descendants of their own, plus the number of surviving spouses.
Collateral
Refers to a person who is related to the deceased because he or she has the
same ancestor as the deceased. e.g. Full brother, half brother, nephew, cousin
uncle or aunt.
Collation or collatio bonorum
under certain circumstances, a descendant who received certain benefits from
a testator during the testator's lifetime must collate such benefits before he or
she may inherit from the estate of the testator to ensure a fair distribution of
the deceased estate among all the descendants.
Commorientes
People who die simultaneously in a disaster.
Competent witness
With regards to a will, any person over the age of 14 years who is competent to
give evidence in a court of law.
Compos mentis
A sound mind
, Conditional bequest
A bequest that depends on a future event which is uncertain in the sense that it
may or may not occur.
coniunctissimi
The persons closest to the deceased, namely the surviving spouse, parents and
children
Contractual succession or pactum successorium
A contract in which the parties attempt to regulate the devolution of the entire
estate or part of the estate of one or both parties
Curator
A person who has been legally appointed to take care of the interest of someone
who is unable to manage his or her affairs.
Customary house
In customary law, the word "house" refers to the family, property, rights
and status connected to a customary marriage of a man and a woman.
Customary law property
There are three categories of customary law property, namely family property,
house property and personal property