Terms Used In Virginia Code > Title 64.2 > Subtitle III > Chapter 10.1 > Article 8 - Death of Individual or Termination of Income Interest.

• Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
• Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
• Beneficiary: A person who is entitled to receive the benefits or proceeds of a will, trust, insurance policy, retirement plan, annuity, or other contract. ^{Source: OCC}
• Beneficiary: includes :

  1. See Virginia Code 64.2-1033

• Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
• Court: means any court vested with appropriate jurisdiction under the Constitution and laws of the Commonwealth. See Virginia Code 19.2-5
• Court: means the court in the Commonwealth having jurisdiction relating to a trust, estate, or life estate or other term interest described in subdivision 2 of § Virginia Code 64.2-1033
• Estate: includes the property of the decedent as the estate is originally constituted and the property of the estate as it exists at any time during administration. See Virginia Code 64.2-1033
• Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator.
• Fiduciary: includes a trustee, trust director under the Uniform Directed Trust Act (§ Virginia Code 64.2-1033
• Income: includes a part of receipts from a sale, exchange, or liquidation of a principal asset, to the extent provided in Articles 4 (§ Virginia Code 64.2-1033
• Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
• Principal: means property held in trust for distribution to, production of income for, or use by a current or successor beneficiary. See Virginia Code 64.2-1033
• Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
• Supreme Court: means the Supreme Court of Virginia. See Virginia Code 1-249
• Terms of a trust: means :

  1. See Virginia Code 64.2-1033

• Trust: includes all trusts described in § Virginia Code 64.2-1033