states are adapting the Uniform Trust Code to codify and harmonize their trust laws, but state-specific variations still remain

a will is "proved" in a court of law and accepted as a valid public document that is the true last testament of the deceased; or whereby, in the absence of a legal will, the estate is settled according to the laws of intestacy that apply in the jurisdiction where the deceased resided at the time of their death

If a man owed and he could not pay, he and his wife, children or servants were forced into "debt slavery" until the creditor recouped losses through their physical labour

Formerly, the term "power" referred to an instrument signed under seal while a "letter" was an instrument under hand, meaning that it was simply signed by the parties, but today a power of attorney does not need to be signed under seal

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Courts were created under Article III of the Constitution to administer justice fairly

It consists of an accounting of everything you own or have certain interests in at the date of death (Refer to Form 706 PDF)