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/lˈɛtərz tˌɛstəmˈɛntəri/ Listen

Letters testamentary

noun

A legal document from a probate court or court officer informing you of your appointment as executor of a will and empowering you to discharge those responsibilities.

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"Letters testamentary" Quotes from Famous Books

... powers the same as a single woman; that the statute in respect to a married woman's property be changed so that her property could descend as though she had been unmarried; that married women should be entitled to execute letters testamentary, and of administration; that married women should have power to make contracts and transact business as though unmarried; that they should be entitled to their own earnings, subject to their proportional ...

— Woman and the Republic • Helen Kendrick Johnson

... authority from the court. Unless excused in the will, the executor or administrator is required to give bonds proportioned to the amount of the personal property in the estate, the amount of bond being specified by the court. The executor is then furnished with a copy of the will and with "letters testamentary." (The authority granted by the letters may be seen by reference to the form in the ...

— Studies in Civics • James T. McCleary

Words linked to "Letters testamentary" : jurisprudence, instrument, law, legal document, official document, legal instrument