Texas Estates Code
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The Texas Estates Code is a body of Texas state law that governs matters such as wills, probate, estate administration, and related proceedings in the state’s courts.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Texas Estates Code canonical | 1 |
| Texas Probate Code | 1 |
| Texas probate law | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2013244 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Texas Estates Code Context triple: [Red River County Judge, appliesStatute, Texas Estates Code]
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A.
Texas Government Code
The Texas Government Code is a compilation of state laws that organizes and governs the structure, powers, and procedures of Texas government institutions and officials.
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B.
Texas state law
Texas state law is the body of statutes, regulations, and judicial decisions that governs civil, criminal, and administrative matters within the state of Texas under its constitution.
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C.
Texas Natural Resources Code
The Texas Natural Resources Code is a body of state law that governs the conservation, management, and protection of Texas’s natural resources, including land, water, minerals, and cultural heritage sites.
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D.
Texas Penal Code
The Texas Penal Code is the primary body of law in Texas that defines criminal offenses and prescribes their corresponding punishments.
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E.
Texas Antiquities Code
The Texas Antiquities Code is a state law that governs the protection, management, and preservation of archaeological sites, historic structures, and other cultural resources on public lands in Texas.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Texas Estates Code Target entity description: The Texas Estates Code is a body of Texas state law that governs matters such as wills, probate, estate administration, and related proceedings in the state’s courts.
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A.
Texas Government Code
The Texas Government Code is a compilation of state laws that organizes and governs the structure, powers, and procedures of Texas government institutions and officials.
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B.
Texas state law
Texas state law is the body of statutes, regulations, and judicial decisions that governs civil, criminal, and administrative matters within the state of Texas under its constitution.
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C.
Texas Natural Resources Code
The Texas Natural Resources Code is a body of state law that governs the conservation, management, and protection of Texas’s natural resources, including land, water, minerals, and cultural heritage sites.
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D.
Texas Penal Code
The Texas Penal Code is the primary body of law in Texas that defines criminal offenses and prescribes their corresponding punishments.
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E.
Texas Antiquities Code
The Texas Antiquities Code is a state law that governs the protection, management, and preservation of archaeological sites, historic structures, and other cultural resources on public lands in Texas.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Texas statute
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codified law ⓘ probate code ⓘ |
| appliesIn |
Texas county courts at law handling probate matters
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Texas probate courts ⓘ
linked to:
Texas Statutory Probate Courts
Texas statutory probate courts ⓘ
linked to:
Texas Statutory Probate Courts
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| codifiedIn | Texas statutory code ⓘ |
| contains |
provisions on administration of community property on death
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provisions on appointment of guardians ⓘ provisions on closing estates ⓘ provisions on duties of guardians ⓘ provisions on execution of wills ⓘ provisions on guardianship applications ⓘ provisions on holographic wills ⓘ provisions on notice to creditors ⓘ provisions on nuncupative wills (historical or limited) ⓘ provisions on priority of appointment of personal representatives ⓘ provisions on removal of guardians ⓘ provisions on revocation of wills ⓘ provisions on sale of estate property ⓘ provisions on self-proved wills ⓘ provisions on will probate procedures ⓘ |
| country |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| governs |
allowances and exemptions for surviving spouses and children
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creditors’ claims in decedents’ estates ⓘ dependent administration of estates ⓘ estate administration ⓘ guardianship proceedings ⓘ heirship determinations ⓘ independent administration of estates ⓘ intestate succession ⓘ muniment of title proceedings ⓘ powers and duties of administrators ⓘ powers and duties of executors ⓘ powers and duties of personal representatives ⓘ probate ⓘ small estate affidavits ⓘ trusts related to decedents’ estates ⓘ will contests ⓘ wills ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
State of Texas
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linked to:
Texas
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| legalSystem | common law ⓘ |
| replaced |
Texas Probate Code
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linked to:
Texas Estates Code
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| state | Texas ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
decedents’ estates
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estate planning formalities ⓘ guardianship of incapacitated persons ⓘ non-testamentary transfers ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Texas Estates Code Description of subject: The Texas Estates Code is a body of Texas state law that governs matters such as wills, probate, estate administration, and related proceedings in the state’s courts.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Texas Estates Code
linked to: Texas Estates Code