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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 responsibilities
Familiarity information: LETTERS TESTAMENTARY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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