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letters of administration
Authority granted by the court to a specified person to act as an administrator of a deceased person’s estate when the deceased dies intestate (Non-Contentious Probate Rules 1987 r 22). In certain circumstances, letters of administration may be granted for limited purposes to persons not entitled to deal with the whole estate (see ad colligenda bona; durante absentia). Letters of administration are also granted with the will annexed cum testamento annexo where the deceased’s will does not appoint executors. See also ad litem; de bonis non administratis; pendente lite. |