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LETTERS TESTAMENTARY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does letters testamentary mean? 

LETTERS TESTAMENTARY (noun)
  The noun LETTERS TESTAMENTARY has 1 sense:

1. 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 responsibilitiesplay

  Familiarity information: LETTERS TESTAMENTARY used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


LETTERS TESTAMENTARY (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("letters testamentary" is a kind of...):

instrument; legal document; legal instrument; official document ((law) a document that states some contractual relationship or grants some right)

Domain category:

jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)


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