Quote Originally Posted by motla68 View Post
You have made and excellent point here with the insertions, making further connection from this though once we return the name to the state voluntarily probate it then does all the holdings become estate? I am leaning towards the notion that "when the property is even registered in the state it is considered in Probate since most states are called Probate states?" If this is the case then since we have not done it yet and had planned to is return the BC name into the state so all accounting against it can be settled through the same type of probate.
Two things:

The concept of an estate existed in English Common Law with regard to land AND other forms of property such as an estate in land.

The sociological concept of an estate existed in England and France i.e. The Three Estates, Ancien Regime, etc.

Probate came into play during regulation of who would inherit land (heirs), how much, and by what means. Of course, the definitions and senses of the term estate have been modified, subverted, etc. over time.