Terms Used In North Carolina General Statutes > Chapter 28A > Article 4 - Qualification and Disqualification for Letters Testamentary and Letters of Administration

• Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
• Decedent: A deceased person.
• Devisee: means any person entitled to take real or personal property under the provisions of a valid, probated will. See North Carolina General Statutes 28A-1-1
• Executor: A male person named in a will to carry out the decedent
• following: when used by way of reference to any section of a statute, shall be construed to mean the section next preceding or next following that in which such reference is made; unless when some other section is expressly designated in such reference. See North Carolina General Statutes 12-3
• Heir: means any person entitled to take real or personal property upon intestacy under the provisions of Chapter 29 of the N. See North Carolina General Statutes 28A-1-1
• Personal representative: includes both an executor and an administrator, but does not include a collector. See North Carolina General Statutes 28A-1-1
• property: shall include all property, both real and personal. See North Carolina General Statutes 12-3
• Service of process: The service of writs or summonses to the appropriate party.
• state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, shall be construed to extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories, so called; and the words "United States" shall be construed to include the said district and territories and all dependencies. See North Carolina General Statutes 12-3
• Testator: A male person who leaves a will at death.
• United States: shall be construed to include the said district and territories and all dependencies. See North Carolina General Statutes 12-3