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We know it can sometimes feel like a foreign language when addressing legal matters. Below are terms and acronyms commonly used in estate planning:

• Will: Last Will and Testament.
• Personal Representative: The person named in a Will to act on your behalf; also can be called an “Estate Trustee”.
• Executor and Executrix: The older gendered terms for the person named in a Will to act on your behalf.
• POA: Short for Power of Attorney.
• Donor: In your own POA you are a “Donor” because you are giving the authority to act.
• Attorney: The person named in a POA to act on your behalf.