Louisiana Notary -Homework Chapter
24 Exam Questions & Answers
Administrator - ANSWER_a person appointed by the court as the succession
representative to manage the assets and liabilities of an intestate decedent; an
executor
Ascendant - ANSWER_One who precede in lineage; an ancestor
Bequest - ANSWER_a disposition of property made by a testator
Codicil - ANSWER_a common law term. An amendment, modification, supplement
or addition to a will that must be in the form of a testament
Collateral - ANSWER_any relation not directly in the line of ascent or descent
Collation - ANSWER_the supposed or real return to the mass of succession property
given to forced heirs by donation inter vivos in order to divide the property with the
other effects of the succession.
Decedent - ANSWER_a person who has died
Descendent - ANSWER_all offspring of a person in direct line
Disinherison - ANSWER_a means of depriving a forced heir of his inheritance duets
some act upon his part which the law deems sufficient cause
Disposable portion - ANSWER_The portion of a testator's property which he can will
to anyone he chooses.
Estate - ANSWER_the property, rights and obligations that a person leaves after his
death and includes also all that has accrued thereto since death
Executor - ANSWER_a succesion representation designed in a will to administer an
estate
Executrix - ANSWER_a female executor
Fillation - ANSWER_the condition or fact of being the child of a particular parent
Forced heir - ANSWER_descendants of the first degree who at the time of death of
the decedent are 23 years of ago under, or of any age who because of mental
incapacity or physical infirmity is permanently incapable of taking care of his person
or to administer the estate at the time of the parent's death
Forced portion - ANSWER_that portion of a decedent's estate that the law reserves
to him by right, called the legitime, unless the decedent has just cause to disinherit
him
, Heir - ANSWER_intestate successor
Illegitimate children - ANSWER_those who are conceived and born outside of
marriage
Intestate - ANSWER_one who has died without a will
Legatee - ANSWER_One who is named in a will to take personal property; one who
has received a legacy or bequest; a successor of a testate succession.
Marital portion - ANSWER_that portion of a deceased's estate which the surviving
spouse is entitled to claim when the deceases spouse dies rich in comparison with
the surviving spouse. The a portion is one-fourth of the succession in ownership if he
deceased died without children, the same fraction in usufruct for life is three or fewer
children survive the deceased and a child's share in usufruct for life if three or fewer
children survive the deceased and a child's share in usufruct if more than three
children survive him; but the amount cannot exceed one million dollars
Olographic will - ANSWER_testament entirely written, dated and signed by the
testator
Patrimony - ANSWER_the whole of one's estate
Representation - ANSWER_when the descendants of a deceased successor take
the place of a deceased heir
Seizin - ANSWER_the right to legal possession of the property of the deceased prior
to placing in possession of heirs of the ownership of the deceased's property
Siblings - ANSWER_brothers and sisters
Succession - ANSWER_the transmission of the estate of a deceased person to his
successors
Testament - ANSWER_Will; donation mortis causa
Testator - ANSWER_the person who makes a will
Testatrix - ANSWER_a female testator
Tutor - ANSWER_the legal guardian of a minor after the termination of parental
authority by divorce or death
Tutrix - ANSWER_the female tutor
Will - ANSWER_a donation made in contemplation of death; a testament or donation
mortis causa; an act by which a testator disposes of his property
24 Exam Questions & Answers
Administrator - ANSWER_a person appointed by the court as the succession
representative to manage the assets and liabilities of an intestate decedent; an
executor
Ascendant - ANSWER_One who precede in lineage; an ancestor
Bequest - ANSWER_a disposition of property made by a testator
Codicil - ANSWER_a common law term. An amendment, modification, supplement
or addition to a will that must be in the form of a testament
Collateral - ANSWER_any relation not directly in the line of ascent or descent
Collation - ANSWER_the supposed or real return to the mass of succession property
given to forced heirs by donation inter vivos in order to divide the property with the
other effects of the succession.
Decedent - ANSWER_a person who has died
Descendent - ANSWER_all offspring of a person in direct line
Disinherison - ANSWER_a means of depriving a forced heir of his inheritance duets
some act upon his part which the law deems sufficient cause
Disposable portion - ANSWER_The portion of a testator's property which he can will
to anyone he chooses.
Estate - ANSWER_the property, rights and obligations that a person leaves after his
death and includes also all that has accrued thereto since death
Executor - ANSWER_a succesion representation designed in a will to administer an
estate
Executrix - ANSWER_a female executor
Fillation - ANSWER_the condition or fact of being the child of a particular parent
Forced heir - ANSWER_descendants of the first degree who at the time of death of
the decedent are 23 years of ago under, or of any age who because of mental
incapacity or physical infirmity is permanently incapable of taking care of his person
or to administer the estate at the time of the parent's death
Forced portion - ANSWER_that portion of a decedent's estate that the law reserves
to him by right, called the legitime, unless the decedent has just cause to disinherit
him
, Heir - ANSWER_intestate successor
Illegitimate children - ANSWER_those who are conceived and born outside of
marriage
Intestate - ANSWER_one who has died without a will
Legatee - ANSWER_One who is named in a will to take personal property; one who
has received a legacy or bequest; a successor of a testate succession.
Marital portion - ANSWER_that portion of a deceased's estate which the surviving
spouse is entitled to claim when the deceases spouse dies rich in comparison with
the surviving spouse. The a portion is one-fourth of the succession in ownership if he
deceased died without children, the same fraction in usufruct for life is three or fewer
children survive the deceased and a child's share in usufruct for life if three or fewer
children survive the deceased and a child's share in usufruct if more than three
children survive him; but the amount cannot exceed one million dollars
Olographic will - ANSWER_testament entirely written, dated and signed by the
testator
Patrimony - ANSWER_the whole of one's estate
Representation - ANSWER_when the descendants of a deceased successor take
the place of a deceased heir
Seizin - ANSWER_the right to legal possession of the property of the deceased prior
to placing in possession of heirs of the ownership of the deceased's property
Siblings - ANSWER_brothers and sisters
Succession - ANSWER_the transmission of the estate of a deceased person to his
successors
Testament - ANSWER_Will; donation mortis causa
Testator - ANSWER_the person who makes a will
Testatrix - ANSWER_a female testator
Tutor - ANSWER_the legal guardian of a minor after the termination of parental
authority by divorce or death
Tutrix - ANSWER_the female tutor
Will - ANSWER_a donation made in contemplation of death; a testament or donation
mortis causa; an act by which a testator disposes of his property
