{"id":3730,"date":"2015-10-27T08:28:40","date_gmt":"2015-10-27T13:28:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/genealogytipoftheday.com\/?page_id=3730"},"modified":"2015-10-27T08:34:37","modified_gmt":"2015-10-27T13:34:37","slug":"genealogy-terms-for-the-courthouse","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/genealogytipoftheday.com\/index.php\/genealogy-terms-for-the-courthouse\/","title":{"rendered":"Genealogy Terms for the Courthouse"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/genealogytipoftheday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/courthouse.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3733 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/genealogytipoftheday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/courthouse-300x188.jpg\" alt=\"courthouse\" width=\"300\" height=\"188\" srcset=\"https:\/\/genealogytipoftheday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/courthouse-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/genealogytipoftheday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/courthouse.jpg 505w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>This list of genealogical terms for the United States courthouse is a work in progress.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Administrator<\/strong>&#8211;the person appointed by the court to oversee the settlement of a deceased person&#8217;s estate. Usually indicates there is no will, but there are exceptions.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Administratrix<\/strong>&#8211;a female administrator. Generally no longer used.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Executor<\/strong>&#8211;the person named in a will to oversee the execution of that will. The executor must be approved by the court that approves the probate of the will.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Executrix<\/strong>&#8211;a female executor. Generally no longer used.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Grantee<\/strong>&#8211;the recipient on a land deed. The one who is receiving title to property.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Grantor<\/strong>&#8211;the &#8220;seller&#8221; on a land deed. One who is transferring their title to property.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Life estate<\/strong>&#8211;the right to use real property during a person&#8217;s lifetime. The holder of a life estate in real property cannot sell, transfer, mortgage, or bequeath the property. Their heirs cannot inherit the property upon their death.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Quit claim<\/strong>&#8211;a type of deed wherein the grantor transfers any claim they have in a piece of real estate. The grantor is not guaranteeing they actually have ownership&#8211;just that their claim is being transferred. Most often used to settle up estates\/inheritances or in divorce proceedings.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Warranty deed<\/strong>&#8211;a deed wherein the grantor is guaranteeing that they have title to the real property they are transferring.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This list of genealogical terms for the United States courthouse is a work in progress. Administrator&#8211;the person appointed by the court to oversee the settlement of a deceased person&#8217;s estate. Usually indicates there is no will, but there are exceptions. Administratrix&#8211;a female administrator. Generally no longer used. Executor&#8211;the person named in a will to oversee [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":153978,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3730","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/genealogytipoftheday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3730","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/genealogytipoftheday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/genealogytipoftheday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/genealogytipoftheday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/153978"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/genealogytipoftheday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3730"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/genealogytipoftheday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3730\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/genealogytipoftheday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3730"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}