letters of administration
letter of administration

Unless he has left a will (which is not at all likely) I shall take out letters of administration.

"I'm going to file a petition for letters of administration," he said.

Jones had married in 1651, and letters of administration after his death show he had three female children.

This person is called 'the administrator' and they apply for a grant of 'letters of administration with will'.

A Petition to appoint a personal representative may need to be filed and letters of administration obtained.

Then we've got to have special letters of administration, with copies to be certified and served on interested parties."

Waiting for probate or letters of administration to be granted (and for up to six months after).

This is analogous to English probate or grant of letters of administration.

If the deceased died without leaving a will, a blood relative can apply for a grant of 'letters of administration'.

The court does this by granting letters of administration to the person so entitled, who must hire a lawyer to get this process started.

Where I find the words Probate or Letters of Administration, what do they mean?

If a person died intestate the court had power to grant letters of administration of his estate to executors.

The more important cases of grants of special letters of administration include the following:

A standard version will be necessary for a grant of probate or letters of administration costing £2.00 per copy.

But all this supposes that there is already a will proved, or letters of administration granted by the Ecclesiastical Court.

Letters of administration were granted to his aunt (father's sister), Judith How, on 4 Sept. 1677.

"I just dropped in to tell you that Eva Belter had filed a petition for letters of administration on her husband's estate."

Letters of Administration or Probate.

Chancellor Farr reviewed the petition for letters of administration, and he studied the one-page will attached to the filings.

Letters of administration

When letters of administration were granted in London to his son Francis on 24 September 1667, it was stated that he died abroad.

In the case of Christians, those persons who are connected either by marriage or consanguinity are entitled to obtain letters of administration.

The treasurer was authorised to hold court, grant marriage licenses, probate wills and issue letters of administration for persons who were dying.

This avoids any delays involved in waiting for Letters of Administration and Grant of Probate.

After Gurney's death in 1937, she gained full control of Gurney estate through Letters of Administration.