Estate
The Interest which any one has in lands, or in any other subject of property. 1 Prest.Est. 20
An estateThe Interest which any one has in lands, or in any other sub... More in lands, tenements, and hereditaments signifies such interest as the tenant has therein. The condition or circumstance in which the owner stands in regard to his property. 2 Crabb, Real Prop. p2 942
In this sense, “estate” is constantly used in conveyances in connection with the words “right,” “title”, and “interest”, and is, in a great degree, synonymous with all of them. See Co.Litt. 345
“There is no such legal entity as an estateThe Interest which any one has in lands, or in any other sub... More. It is a convenient phrase, to identify the subject of litigation in the orphans’ court, and in proceedings in rem it may betreated as harmless superfluidity, but as a designation of a party to be served with a writ it is unknown to the law. It is not a person and cannot be can not sue or be sued. In re Harrisburg Trust Co., 80 Pa. Super.Ct. 585