Terms Used In Arizona Laws > Title 14 > Chapter 4 > Article 3 - Jurisdiction Over Foreign Representatives

• Decedent: A deceased person.
• Estate: includes the property of the decedent, trust or other person whose affairs are subject to this title as originally constituted and as it exists from time to time during administration. See Arizona Laws 14-1201
• Foreign personal representative: means a personal representative who is appointed by another jurisdiction. See Arizona Laws 14-1201
• 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.
• Personal property: All property that is not real property.
• Personal property: includes money, goods, chattels, things in action and evidences of debt. See Arizona Laws 1-215
• Personal representative: includes an executor, an administrator, a successor personal representative, a special administrator and persons who perform substantially the same function under the law governing their status. See Arizona Laws 14-1201
• Proceeding: includes action at law and suit in equity. See Arizona Laws 14-1201
• Service of process: The service of writs or summonses to the appropriate party.
• State: means a state, territory or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. See Arizona Laws 14-9101