Alabama Code 12-22-27. Reimbursement of costs from estate of testator, etc
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Terms Used In Alabama Code 12-22-27
- Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
- Executor: A male person named in a will to carry out the decedent
- Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
- Intestate: Dying without leaving a will.
- person: includes a corporation as well as a natural person. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
- Probate: Proving a will
- Testator: A male person who leaves a will at death.
The costs of an appeal, when paid by an executor or administrator, guardian or guardian ad litem, or next friend or an administrator ad litem, may, in the discretion of the probate judge, be reimbursed from the estate of the testator, intestate, infant or person of unsound mind.