Terms Used In CFR > Title 25 > Chapter I > Subchapter C - Probate

• Act: refers to the Communications Act of 1934, as amended. See 47 CFR 54.5
• Bequest: Property gifted by will.
• Codicil: An addition, change, or supplement to a will executed with the same formalities required for the will itself.
• Cross examine: Questioning of a witness by the attorney for the other side.
• Decedent: A deceased person.
• Devise: To gift property by will.
• Docket: A log containing brief entries of court proceedings.
• Escheat: Reversion of real or personal property to the state when 1) a person dies without leaving a will and has no heirs, or 2) when the property (such as a bank account) has been inactive for a certain period of time. ^{Source: OCC}
• Escrow: Money given to a third party to be held for payment until certain conditions are met.
• Extradition: The formal process of delivering an accused or convicted person from authorities in one state to authorities in another state.
• health care provider: is a ny:

  (1) Post-secondary educational institution offering health care instruction, including a teaching hospital or medical school;

  (2) Community health center or health center providing health care to migrants;

  (3) Local health department or agency;

  (4) Community mental health center;

  (5) Not-for-profit hospital;

  (6) Rural health clinic;

  (7) Skilled nursing facility (as defined in section 395i-3(a) of Title 42); or a

  (8) Consortium of health care providers consisting of one or more entities described in paragraphs (b)(1) through (7) in this section. See 47 CFR 54.600

• Intestate: Dying without leaving a will.
• Legatee: A beneficiary of a decedent
• Life estate: A property interest limited in duration to the life of the individual holding the interest (life tenant).
• Lineal descendant: Direct descendant of the same ancestors.
• off-site administrative office: is a facility that does not provide hands-on delivery of patient care but performs administrative support functions that are critical to the provision of clinical care by eligible health care providers. See 47 CFR 54.600
• off-site data center: is a facility that serves as a centralized repository for the storage, management, and dissemination of an eligible health care provider's computer systems, associated components, and data, including (but not limited to) electronic health records. See 47 CFR 54.600
• Probate: Proving a will
• Redlining: The alleged practice of certain lending institutions of not making mortgage, home improvement, and small business loans in certain neighborhoods-usually areas that are deteriorating or considered by the lender to be poor investments. ^{Source: OCC}
• restricted lands: as used in this part does not include the restricted lands of the Five Civilized Tribes of Oklahoma or the Osage Nation. See 25 CFR 18.2
• restricted property: as used in this part does not include the restricted lands of the Five Civilized Tribes of Oklahoma or the Osage Nation. See 25 CFR 15.2
• rural area: is a n area that is entirely outside of a Core Based Statistical Area; is within a Core Based Statistical Area that does not have any Urban Area with a population of 25,000 or greater; or is in a Core Based Statistical Area that contains an Urban Area with a population of 25,000 or greater, but is within a specific census tract that itself does not contain any part of a Place or Urban Area with a population of greater than 25,000. See 47 CFR 54.600
• rural health care provider: is a n eligible health care provider site located in a rural area. See 47 CFR 54.600
• Service of process: The service of writs or summonses to the appropriate party.
• state commission: means the commission, board or official (by whatever name designated) that, under the laws of any state, has regulatory jurisdiction with respect to intrastate operations of carriers. See 47 CFR 54.5
• telecommunications carrier: is a ny provider of telecommunications services, except that such term does not include aggregators of telecommunications services as defined in section 226 of the Act. See 47 CFR 54.5
• Testator: A male person who leaves a will at death.
• Tribal lands: include any federally recognized Indian tribe's reservation, pueblo or colony, including former reservations in Oklahoma, Alaska Native regions established pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (85 Stat. See 47 CFR 54.5