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Terms Used In Texas Estates Code 452.003

  • Decedent: A deceased person.
  • 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 augmented by any accretions and other additions to the property, including any property to be distributed to the decedent's representative by the trustee of a trust that terminates on the decedent's death, and substitutions for the property; and
    (3) is diminished by any decreases in or distributions from the property. See Texas Estates Code 22.012

The order appointing a temporary administrator must:
(1) designate the appointee as “temporary administrator” of the decedent‘s estate;
(2) specify the period of the appointment, which may not exceed 180 days unless the appointment is made permanent under § 452.008;
(3) define the powers given to the appointee; and
(4) set the amount of bond to be given by the appointee.