For the purposes of this division, the following words and phrases shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this section:
(1) DEVISEES. The persons who are entitled to the personal property of a decedent under the terms of a testamentary disposition.
(2) DISTRIBUTEES. The persons who are entitled to the personal property of a decedent under the terms of a testamentary disposition or under the Alabama descent and distribution statutes.
(3) ESTATE. All the personal property of a decedent who owns no real property at the time of his or her death for which title does not pass by operation of law.
(4) HEIRS. The persons who are entitled to the personal property of a decedent under the Alabama descent and distribution statutes.
(5) PERSON. The term includes natural persons and corporations.
(6) PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE. The term includes an executor, administrator, administrator with the will annexed, and special administrator.
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