Letters Testamentary at Legal Glossary What is it? The document given to an executor by the probate court, authorizing the executor to settle the estate according to either a will or the states intestate succession laws.
Letters Testamentary
(n) Letters of Testamentary is the document issued by the court stating the authority of the executor of the estate of a deceased person, when the executors appointment is approved by the court .
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Letters Testamentary: Document issued by the probate court giving the executor authority to administer the estate.
Liabilities: The amounts owed to another by any person, family, or business (i.e. a mortgage).
Letters Testamentary: Legal document issued by a court that shows an executor's legal right to take control of assets in the deceased person's name.
LETTERS TESTAMENTARY The formal instrument of authority and appointment given to an executor by the court, empowering him to discharge his office as executor.
LIABILITY A legal obligation, responsibility or duty.
LETTERS TESTAMENTARY - A document issued by the circuit court that gives an executor the power to take control of and distribute a deceased person's property.
LIABILITY - Any legal responsibility, duty or obligation.
letters testamentary In probate, the instrument under which the person named as executor in a will is empowered to take charge of the estate, and to proceed to carry out the directions in the will.
LETTERS TESTAMENTARY, AND OF ADMINISTRATION. It is proposed to consider, 1. Their different kinds. 2. Their effect.
and before the pledges, a profert of the letters testamentary or letters of administration should be made. At the end of the declaration, it is usual to add the plaintiff as common pledges to prosecute, John Doe and Richard Roe.
If the will is certified, the court will issue letters testamentary authorizing the executors to carry out the will's provisions. The judge sitting on a probate court is ordinarily called a surrogate.
 See also: Court, Executor, Testamentary, Person, Document
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