Can an Executor Be Removed for Mismanagement? A personal representative, whether an executor of a will or a trustee of an estate, may be removed for failing to meet the responsibilities of the position. While different states outline varying examples of executor mismanagement, in general an executor can be removed for any of the following reasons:
Personal property is a type of property. In the common law systems personal property may also be called chattels. It is distinguished from real property, or real estate. In the civil law systems personal property is often called movable property or movables - any property that can be moved from one location to another. This term is in distinction with immovable property or immovables, such as land and buildings.
A life estate, is a term used in common law to describe the ownership of land for the duration of a person's life. In legal terms it is an estate in real property that ends at death. The owner of a life estate is called a "life tenant".
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