| − | '''Estate''', in [[law|legal]] terminology, is a person's property. | + | '''Estate''', in [[law|legal]] terminology, is a person's property. It is most commonly used in dealing with [[probate]], whereby the estate is that property ([[asset]]s and [[liability|liabilities]]) a person owns at death and is either to be disposed of in accordance with a [[will (legal document)|will]] or under the '''intestate''' laws of the state where the person resided. |