For the purpose of this chapter, “persons interested in the estate” includes all persons who may be entitled to receive or who have received any property or interest which is required to be included in the gross estate of a decedent or any benefit with respect to any such property or interest whether under a will or intestacy or by reason of any of the transfers, trusts, estates, rights, powers and relinquishment of powers, as severally enumerated in the United States Internal Revenue Code.

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Terms Used In Connecticut General Statutes 12-400

  • Decedent: A deceased person.
  • Gross estate: The total fair market value of all property and property interests, real and personal, tangible and intangible, of which a decedent had beneficial ownership at the time of death before subtractions for deductions, debts, administrative expenses, and casualty losses suffered during estate administration.