- Caveat
- A notice filed with the court that stops a Certificate of Appointment from issuing until it is withdrawn or the dispute behind it is resolved. Read the answer ›
- Certificate of Appointment of Estate Trustee
- The court's confirmation of who may act for an estate, commonly called probate. Needed before a bank or the land registry will act on a will's authority alone. Read the answer ›
- Certificate of Appointment of Estate Trustee Without a Will
- The version of probate used where there is no will, or the named executor cannot act, granted to whoever has priority under the Succession Law Reform Act. Read the answer ›
- Clearance certificate
- Canada Revenue Agency confirmation, under the Income Tax Act, that the deceased's and the estate's taxes are paid or secured; needed before distributing safely. Read the answer ›
- Deemed disposition
- The Income Tax Act rule that treats capital property as sold at fair market value immediately before death, which can trigger tax though nothing was sold. Read the answer ›
- Dependant's support claim
- An application under the Succession Law Reform Act by a spouse, child or other dependant for support from an estate, generally within six months of the certificate. Read the answer ›
- Estate administration tax
- The tax paid to the Ministry of Finance, based on the estate's value, before a Certificate of Appointment is issued. Read the answer ›
- Estate Information Return
- The form the Ministry of Finance requires within 180 calendar days after a certificate issues, itemizing how the estate's value was calculated. Read the answer ›
- Estate trustee
- The person who administers a deceased person's estate: an executor if named in a will, an administrator if appointed where there is none. Read the answer ›
- Estate trustee compensation
- The fee an estate trustee is entitled to for administering the estate, commonly a percentage of its value under a scale Ontario courts apply. Read the answer ›
- Estate trustee during litigation
- A temporary trustee the court appoints to preserve and manage estate assets while a dispute over the will or the proper trustee is unresolved. Read the answer ›
- Executor's year
- The informal expectation that a beneficiary should not expect distribution before roughly a year has passed, giving the trustee reasonable time to administer the estate. Read the answer ›
- Holograph will
- A will entirely in the deceased's own handwriting and signed, valid in Ontario without any witnesses. Read the answer ›
- Letters of Administration
- An older name still used for the authority granted where there is no will; today issued as a Certificate of Appointment of Estate Trustee Without a Will. Read the answer ›
- Notice of objection
- A beneficiary's written objection to a specific item in the estate trustee's accounts, filed when the accounts are passed before the court. Read the answer ›
- Passing of accounts
- The court process of reviewing an estate trustee's accounts and approving them, used where beneficiaries cannot or will not simply sign a release. Read the answer ›
- Renunciation
- A named executor's formal, written refusal to act, which lets the next person entitled apply to be estate trustee instead. Read the answer ›
- Small estate certificate
- A simplified Certificate of Appointment available under Rule 74.1 for an estate valued at $150,000 or less, with a shorter application. Read the answer ›
- Testamentary capacity
- The mental capacity to understand what a will does, what property it covers, and who might expect to benefit, needed when the will is signed. Read the answer ›
- Undue influence
- Pressure that overcomes a testator's free will, replacing their own wishes with someone else's. A ground for challenging a will if it can be proven. Read the answer ›
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