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Terms Used In Alabama Code 43-2-560

  • 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.
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Probate: Proving a will
  • Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.

In case of the death of an executor or administrator who had not made a final settlement of his executorship or administration, and where letters of administration or testamentary have not been granted on his estate, the sureties on his official bond may proceed to make settlement of his administration of said estate as executor or administrator in the probate court having jurisdiction thereof by filing an account and vouchers for final settlement with the heirs and distributees, or with the administrator de bonis non, or cestui que trust, or minors and guardian ad litem, where minors are interested.