{"id":358128,"date":"2013-01-28T16:34:14","date_gmt":"2013-01-28T21:34:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/content.findlaw-admin.com\/ability-law\/dictionary\/legal-glossary\/estate-and-probate-law.html"},"modified":"2013-01-28T16:34:14","modified_gmt":"2013-01-28T21:34:14","slug":"estate-and-probate-law","status":"publish","type":"dictionary","link":"https:\/\/dictionary.findlaw.com\/legal-glossary\/estate-and-probate-law.html","title":{"rendered":"Estate and Probate Law"},"content":{"rendered":"<html> <body>  <p>Trying to decipher an acronym? Attempting to understand legal jargon? The Estate and Probate Law glossary gives you access to definitions for the Estate and Probate legal terminology commonly used in documents and court proceedings. This Estate and Probate Law glossary will help you understand the legal terms and phrases which are relevant to wills, estate planning, and other areas of Estate and Probate law.<\/p>  <p>FindLaw is your starting place for help understanding the law. Start here to find resources to learn how to find an attorney, legal aid services and legal self help. Click here to find more <a title=\"Estate Planning Center\" href=\"https:\/\/www.findlaw.com\/estate.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Estate and Probate Law legal information<\/a>.<\/p>  <\/body> <\/html><div>\n    \n        <div\n            id=\"fl-content-list-container\"\n            class=\"fl-flex fl-flex-column fl-content-list-container\"\n        >\n            \n            <ul class=\"fl-list fl-content-list fl-no-margin\" data-testid=\"fl-content-list\">\n                                    <li class=\"fl-content-list-item\" data-testid=\"fl-content-list-item\">\n                        <a title=\"Absolute Estate\" href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.findlaw.com\/definition\/absolute-estate.html\" class=\"fl-content-list-item-link fl-text-bold\">\n                            Absolute Estate\n                        <\/a>\n                        <div class=\"fl-content-list-item-description\">What is &#8216;Absolute Estate&#8217;? 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