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| Blue Sky Laws | Intent of laws is to protect the investing public by requiring a satisfactory investigation of both the people who offer securities as investments and of the securities themselves. |
| Formal Will | A will prepared by an attorney. |
| Guardian | A person who accepts the responsibility of: providing children with personal care after their parents' death and managing the parents' estate for the children until they reach a certain age. |
| Holographic Will | A handwritten will that you prepare yourself. It needs to be written, dated, and signed ENTIRELY in your own handwriting. |
| Intestate | When you die without a legal will and the State steps in and controls the distribution of your estate. |
| Living Will | A document in which you state whether you want to be kept alive by artifical means if you become terminally ill and unable to make such a decision. |
| NASD | Largest private sector provider of financial regulatory services. Registers member firms, writes rules to govern their behavior, examines them for compliance and disciplines those that fail to comply. |
| Power of Attorney | A legal document that authorizes someone to act on your behalf. |
| Probate | A legal procedure of proving a will to be valid or invalid. |
| SEC | Protects investors and maintains the integrity of the securities markets. |
| Simple Will | A will that leaves everything to your spouse. |
| Trusts | A legal arrangement that helps manage the assets of your estate for your benefit or that of your beneficiaries. |
| Will | A legal document that specifies how you want your property to be distributed after your death. |
