Estate · as in force on May 31, 2026
§ 1-2.6 Estate
Depending upon the context, "estate" may mean:
(a) The interest which a person has in property.
(b) The aggregate of property which a person owns.
Depending on context, an estate means either a person’s interest in property or all the property that person owns. ★
Marked in the text: penalties, time limits, sums of money. Editorial emphasis added by this edition; it does not appear in the statute as enacted.
This provision appears in Volume 1 — The Surrogate's Court in Plain English; Volume 3 — The Surrogate's Court: Court Rules & the EPTL; Volume 5 — Your Career: Surrogate's Court in Plain English.