But he was also very much aware that the final distribution of the estate would not be determined by anyone in the northern hemisphere.

This possibility has an impact on the overall estate plan and often the distribution of the estate.

As Nikki's executor, I'm making a partial distribution of the estate.

Unlike an ordinary executor or administrator, someone with a grant ad colligenda cannot make any distribution of the estate's assets.

Shortly thereafter, Mrs. Osborne served them with papers indicating that they had 10 days to contest the distribution of the estate.

Expropriation without compensation was replaced by individual compensation agreements, which regulated the distribution of the estates among the states and the former ruling families.

A spate of legal proceedings followed Creede's death, culminating in a highly publicized trial which decided the distribution of the estate.

This was because succession was concerned not primarily with the distribution of the estate of the deceased, but rather with the preservation and perpetuation of the family unit.

Where Malay Muslims are concerned, the application of Muslim law is modified by Malay custom as regards marriage, divorce and the distribution of the estate of an intestate person.

But they fail to direct the distribution of the estate of the second to die in the more likely event of nonsimultaneous deaths, leaving those wills open to legal challenges that could be averted with foresight.

The court may make such order as it thinks fit for the distribution of the estate or any part thereof by payment of the expenses, fees, costs and preferential payments as well as the relevant dividend.

Shortly after the distribution of the estate under the will, the widow, Ysabel Bornoda Soberanes, transferred her entire share of the property to one son, Abel Soberanes, to the exclusion of the other five heirs.