Last Will & Testament Vocabulary

Last Will & Testament Vocabulary

Multimedia Objectives

1. Bequeath-to give or leave by will —used especially of personal property or to hand down.

2. Contesting

3. Executor-the person appointed by a testator to execute a will.

4. Annul-to declare or make legally invalid or void.

5. Codicils-a legal instrument made to modify an earlier will.

6. Duress-forcible restraint or restriction.

7. Testament-an act by which a person determines the disposition of his or her property after death. A will.

8. Beneficiaries- the person designated to receive the income of a trust estate.

9. Constitute-to appoint to an office, function, or dignity.

10. Estate-the assets and liabilities left by a person at death.

11. Revoke to bring or call back.

12. Animated GIF-A type of moving graphic used on web pages.

13. MPEG-The extension for video files that display movies.

14. Sound File-A file that can produce sound on a computer.

15. Graphic-A picture, photograph, drawing, or captured picture such as a scanned document.

16. Multimedia-the use of graphics, sound, and video in a single document, such as a web page.

17. Media Player-A Windows utility program that allows the user to play sound and video files.

18. WAV-a basic sound file that can be read by computer with Windows operating systems.

19. MIDI-Musical Instrument Digital

20. AVI-A popular format for video files.