Texas Estates Code Title 1, Chapter 22 - Definitions
- Texas Section 22.001 - Applicability Of Definitions
(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), the definition for a term provided by this chapter applies in this code unless a different meaning of...
- Texas Section 22.002 - Authorized Corporate Surety
"Authorized corporate surety" means a domestic or foreign corporation authorized to engage in business in this state for the purpose of issuing surety, guaranty, or...
- Texas Section 22.003 - Charitable Organization
"Charitable organization" means: (1) a nonprofit corporation, trust, community chest, fund, foundation, or other entity that is: (A) exempt from federal income tax under Section...
- Texas Section 22.004 - Child
(a) "Child" includes an adopted child, regardless of whether the adoption occurred through: (1) an existing or former statutory procedure; or (2) acts of estoppel....
- Texas Section 22.005 - Claims
"Claims" includes: (1) liabilities of a decedent that survive the decedent's death, including taxes, regardless of whether the liabilities arise in contract or tort or...
- Texas Section 22.006 - Corporate Fiduciary
"Corporate fiduciary" means a financial institution, as defined by Section 201.101, Finance Code, that: (1) is existing or engaged in business under the laws of...
- Texas Section 22.007 - Court; County Court, Probate Court, And Statutory Probate Court
(a) "Court" means and includes: (1) a county court in the exercise of its probate jurisdiction; (2) a court created by statute and authorized to...
- Texas Section 22.008 - Devise
"Devise": (1) used as a noun, includes a testamentary disposition of real property, personal property, or both; and (2) used as a verb, means to...
- Texas Section 22.009 - Devisee
"Devisee" includes a legatee. Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 680 (H.B. 2502), Sec. 1, eff. January 1, 2014.
- Texas Section 22.010 - Distributee
"Distributee" means a person who is entitled to a part of the estate of a decedent under a lawful will or the statutes of descent...
- Texas Section 22.011 - Docket
"Docket" means the probate docket. Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 680 (H.B. 2502), Sec. 1, eff. January 1, 2014.
- Texas Section 22.012 - Estate
"Estate" means a decedent's property, as that property: (1) exists originally and as the property changes in form by sale, reinvestment, or otherwise; (2) is...
- Texas Section 22.013 - Exempt Property
"Exempt property" means the property in a decedent's estate that is exempt from execution or forced sale by the constitution or laws of this state,...
- Texas Section 22.014 - Governmental Agency Of The State
"Governmental agency of the state" means: (1) a municipality; (2) a county; (3) a public school district; (4) a special-purpose district or authority; (5) a...
- Texas Section 22.015 - Heir
"Heir" means a person who is entitled under the statutes of descent and distribution to a part of the estate of a decedent who dies...
- Texas Section 22.016 - Incapacitated Person
A person is "incapacitated" if the person: (1) is a minor; (2) is an adult who, because of a physical or mental condition, is substantially...
- Texas Section 22.017 - Independent Executor
"Independent executor" means the personal representative of an estate under independent administration as provided by Chapter 401 and Section 402.001. The term includes an independent...
- Texas Section 22.018 - Interested Person; Person Interested
"Interested person" or "person interested" means: (1) an heir, devisee, spouse, creditor, or any other having a property right in or claim against an estate...
- Texas Section 22.019 - Judge
"Judge" means the presiding judge of any court having original jurisdiction over probate proceedings, regardless of whether the court is: (1) a county court in...
- Texas Section 22.020 - Legacy
"Legacy" includes a gift or devise of real or personal property made by a will. Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 680 (H.B....
- Texas Section 22.021 - Legatee
"Legatee" includes a person who is entitled to a legacy under a will. Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 680 (H.B. 2502), Sec....
- Texas Section 22.022 - Minor
"Minor" means a person younger than 18 years of age who: (1) has never been married; and (2) has not had the disabilities of minority...
- Texas Section 22.024 - Mortgage; Lien
"Mortgage" and "lien" include: (1) a deed of trust; (2) a vendor's lien, a mechanic's, materialman's, or laborer's lien, an attachment or garnishment lien, and...
- Texas Section 22.025 - Net Estate
"Net estate" means a decedent's property excluding: (1) homestead rights; (2) exempt property; (3) the family allowance; and (4) an enforceable claim against the decedent's...
- Texas Section 22.026 - Next Of Kin
"Next of kin" includes: (1) an adopted child or the adopted child's descendants; and (2) the adoptive parent of the adopted child. Added by Acts...
- Texas Section 22.027 - Person
(a) "Person" includes a natural person and a corporation. (b) Except as otherwise provided by this code, the definition of "person" assigned by Section 311.005,...
- Texas Section 22.028 - Personal Property
"Personal property" includes an interest in: (1) goods; (2) money; (3) a chose in action; (4) an evidence of debt; and (5) a real chattel....
- Texas Section 22.029 - Probate Matter; Probate Proceedings; Proceeding In Probate; Proceedings For Probate
The terms "probate matter," "probate proceedings," "proceeding in probate," and "proceedings for probate" are synonymous and include a matter or proceeding relating to a decedent's...
- Texas Section 22.030 - Real Property
"Real property" includes estates and interests in land, whether corporeal or incorporeal or legal or equitable. The term does not include a real chattel. Added...
- Texas Section 22.031 - Representative; Personal Representative
(a) "Representative" and "personal representative" include: (1) an executor and independent executor; (2) an administrator, independent administrator, and temporary administrator; and (3) a successor to...
- Texas Section 22.032 - Surety
"Surety" includes a personal surety and a corporate surety. Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 680 (H.B. 2502), Sec. 1, eff. January 1,
- Texas Section 22.033 - Ward
"Ward" means a person for whom a guardian has been appointed. Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 680 (H.B. 2502), Sec. 1, eff....
- Texas Section 22.034 - Will
"Will" includes: (1) a codicil; and (2) a testamentary instrument that merely: (A) appoints an executor or guardian; (B) directs how property may not be...
Last modified: September 28, 2016