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Terms Used In Maryland Code, ESTATES AND TRUSTS 5-204

  • Decedent: A deceased person.
  • Intestate: Dying without leaving a will.
  • Person: includes an individual, receiver, trustee, guardian, personal representative, fiduciary, representative of any kind, corporation, partnership, business trust, statutory trust, limited liability company, firm, association, or other nongovernmental entity. See
  • Probate: Proving a will
  • Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
The petition shall contain, as appropriate, a request for one or more of the following acts:

(1) The probate or recording of a will exhibited with the petition or deposited with the register pursuant to Title 4, Subtitle 2 of this article;

(2) An order directing witnesses to an alleged will to appear and give testimony regarding its execution;

(3) An order requiring a person alleged to have custody of a will to deliver it to the court;

(4) An order directing all interested persons to show cause why the provisions of a lost or destroyed will should not be admitted to probate as expressed in the petition;

(5) A finding that the decedent died intestate; and

(6) Other relief that the petitioner may consider appropriate.