letters testamentary

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   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

   Broaderlegal document

   law

Questions about letters testamentary

What does letters testamentary mean?

letters testamentary means "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".

Is letters testamentary a common word?

letters testamentary is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.