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Record 1,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT

Under the laws of forced heirship, forced heirs are guaranteed their forced portion of the estate.... The decedents under forced heirship jurisdictions are only allowed to freely devise the disposable portion of their estate; the size of the disposable estate is dependent on the number of forced heirs that the decedent has left.  1, record 1, English, - forced%20heirship

Record 1,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT

A condition de figurer dans la liste que la loi fixe et à condition qu'ils acceptent la succession de leur auteur, certains héritiers sont légalement garantis de ne pas être déshérités par leur auteur. Ils bénéficient de la «réserve héréditaire» : il s'agit donc de la part des biens et des droits successoraux dont la loi garantit la transmission à certains héritiers dits «réservataires».  1, record 1, French, - r%C3%A9serve%20h%C3%A9r%C3%A9ditaire

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS

Au Québec, la liberté de tester prime depuis l'entrée en vigueur de l'Acte de Québec en 1774, excluant du même coup la réserve héréditaire du droit civil de la province.  2, record 1, French, - r%C3%A9serve%20h%C3%A9r%C3%A9ditaire

Record 1,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 2,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 CONT

The literal meaning of a legatee is one who receives a legacy. Specifically, in the law of wills and property, a legatee is an individual who receives a portion of a testator's estate, or rather the individual receives a legacy, which is personal property from a will. Although this term legatee is generally used to refer to individuals who inherit from a will regardless of whether it was real property or personal property, an individual who inherits real property from a will is known as a devisee.  3, record 2, English, - legatee

Record 2,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Personne qui est bénéficiaire d'un legs.  2, record 2, French, - l%C3%A9gataire

Record 2,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Persona que sucede a otra a título particular recibiendo en concepto de legado bienes concretos que son segregados de la herencia.  4, record 2, Spanish, - legatario

Record 3,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 DEF

A self-contained dwelling unit with a prescribed floor area located in a building or portion of a building of only residential occupancy that contains only one other dwelling unit and common spaces, and where both dwelling units constitute a single real estate entity.  2, record 3, English, - secondary%20suite

Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 OBS

A secondary suite is a private, self-contained unit within an existing home. It has its own bathroom, kitchen, living area and sleeping area.  3, record 3, English, - secondary%20suite

Record 3,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Logement autonome ayant une aire de plancher prescrite situé dans un bâtiment ou une partie de bâtiment utilisé uniquement à des fins d'habitation, qui contient un seul autre logement ainsi que des aires communes, et où les deux logements constituent une entité immobilière unique.  2, record 3, French, - logement%20accessoire

Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 OBS

[...] appartement autonome privé[, qui] comprend une salle de bains, une cuisine, une salle de séjour et une chambre.  3, record 3, French, - logement%20accessoire

Record 3,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 4,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 CONT

An official administrator, on receiving information of the death of a person who had at the time of his death his fixed place of residence in the county or part of a county in which the official administrator has been appointed to act, or, in case the deceased had no fixed place of abode in or resided out of the Province, if he had real or personal estate in that county or part of a county at the time of his death,(a) shall, if the person died intestate as to the whole or a portion of his estate, or leaving a will, but without having appointed an executor willing and competent to take out letters probate; or(b) may, where the executor named by the deceased is resident out of the Province at the time of the death of the deceased, promptly cause application to be made to the court for a grant of administration of the estate of the deceased...  1, record 4, English, - official%20administrator

Record number: 4, Textual support number: 2 CONT

The official administrator shall make application for, and shall be granted, administration of the estate of a deceased person where all the heirs and next of kin of the deceased person who are in the Province and are competent to take out letters of administration renounce or request that an administrator of the estate be appointed.  1, record 4, English, - official%20administrator

Record number: 4, Textual support number: 3 CONT

Where administration of an estate is granted to an official administrator, he is the administrator of the estate of the deceased in the Province and ... has the rights, duties and liabilities of an administrator with regard to the estate of the deceased ...  1, record 4, English, - official%20administrator

Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 OBS

This term is used only in British Columbia.  2, record 4, English, - official%20administrator

Record 4,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 OBS

L'ensemble des biens qui passent après décès d'une personne à son représentant, administrateur ou son exécuteur et qui répond entre leurs mains du paiement des dettes et legs du défunt ou des droits des héritiers, s'appellent des «assets».  2, record 4, French, - administrateur%20officiel

Record 4,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 5,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 DEF

... a substantial provision for the child of the testator, or some other person to whom he stands in loco parentis made with the object of establishing the child in life. There are, therefore, two aspects: (i) relationship between donor and donee; and (ii) object of the gift.  3, record 5, English, - portion

Record 5,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 CONT

On entend par avances (advancements) le don ou le paiement entre vifs par un parent à un enfant d'une part (portion) de ce que l'enfant aurait reçu au décès du donateur comme bénéficiaire légal s'il n'y avait pas eu d'avance. Mais pour qu'il y ait «advancements», il faut qu'il s'agisse d'un montant important, donné par exemple au mariage de l'enfant ou pour son établissement dans la vie, et visant l'avantage permanent de l'enfant.  5, record 5, French, - portion

Record 5,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 6,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 6, Textual support number: 1 CONT

Executors and administrators may be garnished for debts due by the legatees or distributees, but no judgment can be entered against them until a settlement of the estate, unless they assent to the legacy or admit assets to pay the amount claimed or some portion thereof out of the distributive share of the debtor.  2, record 6, English, - assent%20to%20the%20legacy

Record 6,  Textual support,  French

Record 6,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 7,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 7, Textual support number: 1 CONT

... one of the problems that arises in estate administration is the interpretation of a Will that provides for a gift to a child, or equal division among children, where one child has already received during the lifetime of the testator a gift for certain purposes. This principle of law is known as the presumption of advancement and may result in a specific gift or a portion of the child's share of residue in the estate being revoked by the courts to avoid what is called "double portions".  2, record 7, English, - presumption%20of%20advancement

Record 7,  Textual support,  French

Record 7,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 8,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 8, Textual support number: 1 CONT

An undivided right or title, or a title to an undivided portion of an estate, is that owned by one of two or more tenants in common or joint tenants before partition. Held by the same title by two or more persons, whether their rights are equal as to value or quantity, or unequal.(Black's, 5th ed., 1979, p. 1370).  1, record 8, English, - undivided%20right

Record 8,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 8, Textual support number: 1 OBS

droit indivis : terme normalisé par le Comité de normalisation dans le cadre du Programme national de l'administration de la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).  2, record 8, French, - droit%20indivis

Record 8,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 9,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 9, Textual support number: 1 OBS

One whose power and office are limited, either in respect to the time or place of their exercise, or restricted to a particular portion of the decedent's estate. One only empowered by will to take charge of a limited portion of the estate, or such part as may lie in one place, or to carry on the administration only to a prescribed point.(Black's, 5th ed., 1979, p. 1253)  1, record 9, English, - special%20executor

Record 9,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 9, Textual support number: 1 OBS

exécuteur testamentaire spécial : terme normalisé par le Comité de normalisation dans le cadre du Programme national de l'administration de la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).  2, record 9, French, - ex%C3%A9cuteur%20testamentaire%20sp%C3%A9cial

Record 9,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 10,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 10, Textual support number: 1 CONT

In grants of administration on an intestacy... if the administrator dies, the administration ceases and there must be a new grant "de bonis non" of such portion of the estate as remains unadministered.(Feeney, "The Canadian Law of Wills", 1982, vol. 1, p. 147)  1, record 10, English, - grant%20de%20bonis%20non

Record 10,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 10, Textual support number: 1 OBS

lettres d'administration complétives : terme normalisé par le Comité de normalisation dans le cadre du Programme national de l'administration de la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).  2, record 10, French, - lettres%20d%27administration%20compl%C3%A9tives

Record number: 10, Textual support number: 2 OBS

lettres d'administration complétives : terme habituellement utilisé au pluriel.  2, record 10, French, - lettres%20d%27administration%20compl%C3%A9tives

Record 10,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 11,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 11, Textual support number: 1 CONT

In the department's Real Estate Investment Analysis System, fixed rent refers to that portion of total contract rent which is fixed for a specified lease term and is not subject to annual increases during the term.  3, record 11, English, - fixed%20rent

Record 11,  Textual support,  French

Record 11,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 12,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 12, Textual support number: 1 CONT

The term "expectant heir" is used... as including everyone who has either a vested remainder or a contingent remainder in a family property, including a remainder in a portion, as well as a remainder in an estate, and everyone who has the hope of succession to the property of an ancestor, as, formerly, by reason of his being the heir apparent or presumptive, or by reason merely of the expectation of a devise or bequest on account of the supposed or presumed affection of his ancestor or relative.(Jowitt's, 2nd ed., 1977, p. 753)  1, record 12, English, - expectant%20heir

Record 12,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 12, Textual support number: 1 OBS

héritier expectant : terme normalisé par le Comité de normalisation dans le cadre du Programme national de l'administration de la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).  2, record 12, French, - h%C3%A9ritier%20expectant

Record 12,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 13,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 13, Textual support number: 1 CONT

Direction that advances for which receipts given by a beneficiary be deducted from his share. If I make any advances of money or property to any of my children during my lifetime for which at the time of the advance I have obtained a signed receipt(which I hold at the date of my death) the money or property so advanced shall be deducted from that portion of my estate given to the child or children.(O’Briens's Encyclopedia of Forms, 10th ed., 1970, v. 9, Form 304)  1, record 13, English, - advance

Record 13,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 13, Textual support number: 1 OBS

avance : terme normalisé par le Comité de normalisation dans le cadre du Programme national de l'administration de la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).  2, record 13, French, - avance

Record 13,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 14,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 14, Textual support number: 1 CONT

... when the current of a river, creek or torrent segregates from an estate on its bank a known portion of land and transfers it to another estate, the process is called avulsion. In accretion, the deposit of land is gradual; in avulsion, the addition is abrupt. In the former, the increase is not identifiable; in the latter, the detached portion of land can be identified. If the detached portion remains recognizable, the ownership remains in the original owner but the jurisdiction passes to the estate to whose territory it becomes attached.  2, record 14, English, - avulsion

Record 14,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 14, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Phénomène naturel qui, par la force subite d'un cours d'eau, transporte certaines terres du territoire d'un autre État.  1, record 14, French, - avulsion

Record 14,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 15,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 15, Textual support number: 1 DEF

General obligation municipal bond secured a pledge of tax receipts from a specific revenue source, usually real estate property taxes, a portion of the real estate taxes, or a group of specific taxes. Contrast with an unlimited tax bond, which is backed by the general taxing authority of the issue.  2, record 15, English, - limited%20tax%20bond

Record 15,  Textual support,  French

Record 15,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 16,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 16, Textual support number: 1 CONT

The privilege to pay even a portion of the federal estate tax over a 10 or 15 year period may be important in the sound administration of an estate. It may represent the difference between an orderly liquidation of assets as opposed to a forced liquidation.  2, record 16, English, - orderly%20liquidation%20of%20assets

Record 16,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 16, Textual support number: 1 CONT

La valeur de l'entreprise devrait probablement être fondée sur la valeur nette de liquidation ordonnée des actifs de l'entreprise, c'est-à-dire moins la valeur de ses passifs.  1, record 16, French, - liquidation%20ordonn%C3%A9e%20des%20actifs

Record 16,  Textual support,  Spanish