At common law, an estate is the totality of the legal rights, interests, entitlements and obligations attaching to property. In the context of wills and probate, it refers to the totality of the property which the deceased owned or in which some interest was held. It may also refer to an estate in land.
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A term used by the law to decribe that part of the law which regulates wills, probate and other subjects related to the distribution of a deceased person’s estate. - (read more on Estate law)