letters of administration a grant that is issued in the case where a person dies intestate or where no executor is appointed or is willing to act, permitting an estate to be dealt with (see INTESTACY). If the deceased died wholly intestate, the grant will be issued to the person entitled to take out the grant (i.e. the same person or persons who

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would be entitled to the intestate's estate); such a grant is often referred to as a grant of simple administration. If the deceased left a will but failed to make an effective appointment of an executor, or where the appointed executor refused to act and renounced probate, a grant of letters of administration with will annexed may be taken out, usually by the person with the greatest interest under the will.

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