{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-estates-code-22.012","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Estates Code § 22.012","heading":"ESTATE.","body":"\"Estate\" means a decedent's property, as that property:\n(1) exists originally and as the property changes in form by sale, reinvestment, or otherwise;\n(2) is augmented by any accretions and other additions to the property, including any property to be distributed to the decedent's representative by the trustee of a trust that terminates on the decedent's death, and substitutions for the property; and\n(3) is diminished by any decreases in or distributions from the property.\nAdded by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 680 (H.B. 2502), Sec. 1, eff. January 1, 2014.","path":["ESTATES CODE","TITLE 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS","CHAPTER 22. DEFINITIONS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/ES/htm/ES.22.htm#22.012","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:08Z","sha256":"4e0826b8334575de61854bd91b82347ed47428dd5bf746896d1ef0742241ac8a","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-estates-code-22.011","next":"us-tx/tex.-estates-code-22.013"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}