North Dakota Century Code Title 38. Mining and Gas and Oil Production § 38-10-01. Definitions

1. “District court” means the district court having jurisdiction of the estate of which the personal representative involved is administrator, executor, or guardian, as the case may be.

2. “Estate” means the estate of a person who died testate or intestate and the estate of a minor or of an individual who is incompetent or a spendthrift under guardianship.

3. “Lease for production” means any lease of property of an estate for the purpose of mining or of drilling and operating for oil, including the laying of pipelines and the building of tanks, power stations, and other structures upon the lands described in such lease for the purpose of producing, saving, and taking care of products of the mine or well.

4. “Personal representative” means an executor of the last will or the administrator of the estate of a deceased person, or a guardian of the estate of a minor or of an incompetent or spendthrift.