PRIORI PETENTI

By SovConn | July 28, 2014

priori petenti (prI-or-I p<<schwa>>-ten-tI). [Latin “to the first person applying”] Wills & estates. The principle that when two or more persons are equally entitled to administer an estate, the court will appoint the person who applies first.

[Blacks Law 8th]

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