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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>67448</law_id><section_number>64.2-2600</section_number><catch_line>Definitions</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>32.1-325.02</reference><reference>64.2-2023</reference><reference>64.2-2727</reference><reference>64.2-633</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="64.2">Wills, Trusts, and Fiduciaries</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="V">Provisions Applicable to Probate and Nonprobate Transfers</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="26">Uniform Disclaimer of Property Interests Act</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>As used in this chapter:
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Disclaimant</span>&#x201D; means the <span class="dictionary">person</span> to whom a <span class="dictionary">disclaimed interest</span> or power would have passed had the <span class="dictionary">disclaimer</span> not been made.
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Disclaimed interest</span>&#x201D; means the interest that would have passed to the <span class="dictionary">disclaimant</span> had the <span class="dictionary">disclaimer</span> not been made.
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Disclaimer</span>&#x201D; means the refusal to accept an interest in or power over property.
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Fiduciary</span>&#x201D; means a <span class="dictionary">personal representative</span>, <span class="dictionary">trustee</span>, agent acting under a <span class="dictionary">power of attorney</span>, or other <span class="dictionary">person</span> authorized to act as a <span class="dictionary">fiduciary</span> with respect to the property of another <span class="dictionary">person</span>.
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Jointly held property</span>&#x201D; means property held in the name of two or more <span class="dictionary">persons</span> under an arrangement in which all holders have concurrent interests and under which the last surviving holder is entitled to the whole of the property and includes, without limitation, property held as tenants by the entirety.
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Person</span>&#x201D; means an individual, corporation, business <span class="dictionary">trust</span>, estate, <span class="dictionary">trust</span>, partnership, limited liability company, association, joint venture, government, governmental subdivision, agency or instrumentality, public corporation, or any other legal or commercial entity.
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">State</span>&#x201D; means a <span class="dictionary">state</span> of the United <span class="dictionary">States</span>, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the United <span class="dictionary">States</span> Virgin Islands, or any territory or insular <span class="dictionary">possession</span> subject to the <span class="dictionary">jurisdiction</span> of the United <span class="dictionary">States</span>. The term includes an Indian tribe or band, or Alaskan native village, recognized by federal <span class="dictionary">law</span> or formally acknowledged by a <span class="dictionary">state</span>.
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Trust</span>&#x201D; means (i) an express <span class="dictionary">trust</span>, charitable or noncharitable, with additions thereto, whenever and however created; and (ii) a <span class="dictionary">trust</span> created pursuant to a <span class="dictionary">statute</span>, <span class="dictionary">judgment</span>, or <span class="dictionary">decree</span>, that requires the <span class="dictionary">trust</span> to be administered in the manner of an express <span class="dictionary">trust</span>.</p></section></text><history>2003, c. 253, &#xA7; 64.1-196.1; 2012, c. 614.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
