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Terms Used In Tennessee Code 30-2-201

  • Decedent: A deceased person.
  • Lands: includes lands, tenements and hereditaments, and all rights thereto and interests therein, equitable as well as legal. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • Minor: means any person who has not attained eighteen (18) years of age. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105

The homestead in lands of a decedent, inuring to the benefit of a surviving spouse or minor children, shall be assigned and set apart in the manner provided in this part.