LETTERS TESTAMENTARY

letters testamentary.A probate-court order approving the appointment of an executor under a will and authorizing the executor to administer the estate. Cf. LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION. [Cases: Executors and Administrators  27, 32. C.J.S. Executors and Administrators §§ 79, 95, 102–103.]

ancillary letters testamentary.Letters testamentary issued at a place where the testator owned property but did not have a domicile. • The executor or administrator is not authorized to act outside the issuing court’s territorial jurisdiction.

domiciliary letters testamentary.Letters testamentary issued at the place where the testator was domiciled.

[Blacks Law 8th]