letters of administration

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A legal document entrusting an individual with the administration of the estate of a deceased person.

letters of administration

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(Law) Law a formal document nominating a specified person to take over, administer, and dispose of an estate when there is no executor to carry out the testator's will

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letters of administration - legal document naming someone to administer an estate when no executor has been named

legal document, legal instrument, official document, instrument - (law) a document that states some contractual relationship or grants some right

law, jurisprudence - the collection of rules imposed by authority; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order"

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administratrix instrument Law legal document legal instrument official document			D G A: A grant of Letters of Administration is the same as a grant of probate, except that there is no will, so the intestacy rules decide who gets what - though in your case, this seems clear cut anyway. Family Finance by Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Huddersfield, England) The probate court granted letters of administration to Williford that day. Did ER nurse's failure to treat pt. lead to suicide? by Tammelleo, A. David / Nursing Law's Regan Report Frank Morreale, Jacksonville * "In Miami-Dade, half of the probate staff is gone, which means that a case that used to take a maximum of two weeks to process and issue letters of administration is now taking almost a month and a half to begin. Lawyers sound off on impact of budget cuts: 'the public is angry. ... by Killian, Mark D. / Florida Bar News			letter writer letter-bomb letter-high letter-opener letter-perfect letter-quality letter-quality printing letter-writer letterbox letterboxing lettercard lettered Letterer letterfile letterform Lettergram letterhead lettering Letterless letterman Lettern letterpress Letters Letters dimissory Letters missive letters of administration letters of credence Letters of horning letters of marque Letters of marque and reprisal letters page letters patent letters testamentary letterset letterset printing Letterure Letterwood Lettic letting letting down Lettish lettre de cachet lettrism Lettrure Letts lettuce Lettuce opium Letuary letup leu leuc-			Letterman jacket Letterman's jacket Letterman, David Letterman, Jonathan Lettermen Lettern Lettern Lettern Lettern letterpress letterpress Letterpress printing Letterpress printing Letterpress printing letters letters letters letters letters Letters & Science Information Technology Letters ad colligendum bona de functi Letters and Cards Letters close Letters dimissory Letters from Iwo Jima Letters from the Earth Letters in Applied Microbiology letters missive letters missive Letters of Acceptance and Return letters of administration Letters of Assurance Letters of Bellerophon Letters of Bellerophon letters of comfort Letters of Comment letters of credence letters of credence letters of credence letters of credit letters of credit letters of credit letters of credit Letters of Determination Letters of Determination Letters of Determination Letters of Determination Letters of Guarantee Letters of horning Letters of Indemnity letters of intent letters of intent letters of intent Letters of John Letters of Junius Letters of Junius Letters of mark and reprisal letters of marque Letters of marque and reprisal Letters of Offers and Acceptance Data Letters of Paul To the Thessalonians

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