Terms Used In Texas Estates Code Chapter 551 > Subchapter B - Recovery of Funds Paid to State

• Comptroller: means the state comptroller of public accounts. See Texas Government Code 312.011
• Devisee: includes a legatee. See Texas Estates Code 22.009
• Estate: means a decedent's property, as that property:
  (1) exists originally and as the property changes in form by sale, reinvestment, or otherwise;
  (2) is augmented by any accretions and other additions to the property, including any property to be distributed to the decedent's representative by the trustee of a trust that terminates on the decedent's death, and substitutions for the property; and
  (3) is diminished by any decreases in or distributions from the property. See Texas Estates Code 22.012
• Heir: means a person who is entitled under the statutes of descent and distribution to a part of the estate of a decedent who dies intestate. See Texas Estates Code 22.015
• Oath: A promise to tell the truth.
• Oath: includes affirmation. See Texas Government Code 311.005
• Property: means real and personal property. See Texas Government Code 311.005
• Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.