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Terms Used In Vermont Statutes Title 14 Sec. 1657

  • Legacy: A gift of property made by will.
  • Personal property: All property that is not real property.
  • Probate: Proving a will
  • real estate: shall include lands, tenements, and hereditaments and all rights thereto and interests therein, and pews or slips in places of public worship shall be treated as real estate. See

§ 1657. Real estate sold to pay legacy

When the personal property of the estate is insufficient to satisfy a legacy given by will, the executor may be licensed by the Probate Division of the Superior Court to sell real estate of the estate for the purpose of paying the legacy. (Amended 2009, No. 154 (Adj. Sess.), § 238a, eff. Feb. 1, 2011; 2017, No. 195 (Adj. Sess.), § 9.)