PROBATE: Select the correct legal term or phrase to match the definition.

1. _____ Related or pertaining to a Will.
   1. Letters of administration
   2. Intestate
   3. Testamentary

2. _____ The person appointed by the court to act as a probate estate's representative.
   1. Beneficiary
   2. Personal representative
   3. Decedent

3. _____ One who is entitled to the property of a decedent under the statutes of intestate succession.
   1. Testator
   2. Heir
   3. Devisee

4. _____ A supplement to a Will.
   1. Legacy
   2. Attestation clause
   3. Codicil

5. _____ The person named in a Will to carry out the directions in the Will and to act as the representative of a decedent's estate.
   1. Executor
   2. Heir
   3. Beneficiary

6. _____ A gift of real property by a Will.
   1. Pretermit
   2. Devise
   3. Bequeath

7. _____ To let pass without mention or notice, or to omit.
   1. Probate
   2. Pretermit
   3. Testate

8. _____ One who dies leaving a valid Will.
   1. Heir
   2. Intestate
   3. Testate

9. _____ The judicial process of proving a Will and carrying out its provisions and/or administering an estate.
   1. Holographic Will
   2. Probate
   3. Letters of Administration

10. _____ One who receives property from an estate, whether an heir or not.
    1. Devisee
    2. Beneficiary
    3. Executor

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