The IWC Glossary

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Abatement

The term used when an estate has insufficient funds to pay pecuniary legacies

Ademption

Ademption is the term used if a Will gifts a specific item that the deceased no longer owns.

Administrator

The person or persons who make the application for Letters of Administration where the deceased left no Will

Assent

If a deceased person owned a property the Assent is the legal process to sign the property over to a beneficiary

Assets

Generally Assets are items belonging to a person deemed to have a value