LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION Definition & Meaning

letters of administration

plural noun

Law.

an instrument issued by a court or public official authorizing an administrator to take control of and dispose of the estate of a deceased person.

letters of administration

plural noun

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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Origin of letters of administration¹

First recorded in 1490–1500

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A woman who administers; esp., one who administers the estate of an intestate, or to whom letters of administration have been granted; a female administrator.

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He left no will, all his property having been previously assigned, and letters of administration were taken out by a creditor.

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Perhaps my poor Pole had given me up as lost, and taken out letters of administration upon my carpet-bag.

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He must obtain probate or letters of administration to the deceased within six months of the death, or, if such grant be disputed, within two months of the determination of such suit.

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A foreign executor should present to the inspectors of election an exemplified copy of his letters of administration, and having done so may vote on the stock standing in the testator's name.

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