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Terms Used In Wisconsin Statutes 54.850

  • Decedent: A deceased person.
  • Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator.
  • Intestate: Dying without leaving a will.
  • Person: includes all partnerships, associations and bodies politic or corporate. See Wisconsin Statutes 990.01
  • Property: includes real and personal property. See Wisconsin Statutes 990.01
  • Testate: To die leaving a will.
   (1)   “Administration” means any proceeding relating to a decedent‘s estate whether testate or intestate.
   (2)   “Beneficiary” means any person nominated in a will to receive an interest in property other than in a fiduciary capacity.
   (3)   “Distributee” means any person to whom property of a decedent is distributed other than in payment of a claim, or who is entitled to property of a decedent under the decedent’s will or under the statutes of intestate succession.
   (4)   “Person interested” has the meaning given in s. 851.21.