Minnesota Statutes 578.01 – Definitions
Subdivision 1.Generally.
For the purpose of sections 578.01, 578.02, 578.08, 578.10, and 578.15 to 578.21, the terms defined in this section have the meanings given them.
Subd. 2.Court.
Terms Used In Minnesota Statutes 578.01
- Intestate: Dying without leaving a will.
- 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.
- Person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, and to partnerships and other unincorporated associations. See Minnesota Statutes 645.44
- Probate: Proving a will
- Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
Terms Used In Minnesota Statutes 578.01
- Intestate: Dying without leaving a will.
- 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.
- Person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, and to partnerships and other unincorporated associations. See Minnesota Statutes 645.44
- Probate: Proving a will
- Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
“Court” means the court having probate jurisdiction for the county where an absentee last resided.
Subd. 3.Person.
“Person in interest” means the absentee, heirs, any person who would have an interest in the absentee’s estate had the absentee died intestate at any time between the commencement of the absence and the date set for any proceeding prescribed by section 578.17, any person who would have an interest under the absentee’s will or purported will, an insurer or surety of the absentee, an owner of any reversionary, remainder, joint or contractual interest which might be affected by the death of the absentee, creditor of the absentee, and any other person whom the court finds is properly in interest.