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Terms Used In Alabama Code 43-2-171

  • Decedent: A deceased person.
  • Executor: A male person named in a will to carry out the decedent
  • month: means a calendar month. See Alabama Code 1-1-1

The administration of an estate must not be committed to the general administrator or to the sheriff, except as special administrator, until the death of the decedent has been known 40 days, nor until one month after the death, resignation or removal of an executor or administrator previously appointed.