As used in sections 525.13 to 525.161, the word "estate" includes every right and interest of a decedent in property, real or personal, except such as are terminated or otherwise extinguished by the death.
Minn. Stat. § 525.13
(8992-25) 1935 c 72 s 25; 1985 c 250 s 24; 1986 c 444