Terms Used In North Carolina General Statutes > Chapter 29 > Article 3 - Distribution among Classes

• 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
• Intestate: Dying without leaving a will.
• property: shall include all property, both real and personal. See North Carolina General Statutes 12-3
• Share: when used to describe the share of a net estate or property which any person is entitled to take, includes both the fractional share of the personal property and the undivided fractional interest in the real property, which the person is entitled to take. See North Carolina General Statutes 29-2