LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does letters of administration mean? 

• LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION (noun)
  The noun LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION has 1 sense:

1. legal document naming someone to administer an estate when no executor has been named

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION (noun)

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Meaning:

Legal document naming someone to administer an estate when no executor has been named

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("letters of administration" 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)