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or the local District Probate Registry will appoint an administrator who performs similar duties to an executor. The court does this by granting letters of administration to the person so entitled. Grants of administration may be either general (where the deceased has died intestate) or limited. The
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of the deceased in relation to land and other property in the UK. Consequently, when the estate under administration consists wholly or mainly of land, the court will grant administration to the heir to the exclusion of the next of kin. In the absence of any heir or next of kin, the Crown has the
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Certain property falls outside the estate for administration purposes, the most common example probably being houses jointly owned that pass by survivorship on the first death of a couple into the sole name of the survivor. Other examples include discretionary death benefits from pension funds,
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accounts with certain financial institutions subject to a nomination and the proceeds of life insurance policies which have been written into trust. Trust property will also frequently fall outside the estate but will depend on the terms of the trust.
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claims and obtains a Grant of Administration, the court compels him or her to enter into a bond with two or more sureties that he or she will not prefer his or her debt to those of other creditors.
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where there is a dispute as to the person entitled to probate or a general grant of letters the court appoints an administrator till the question has been decided.
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is followed, in the second that of general grants in the selection of the person to whom letters are granted.
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Rollison, W.D. (1 November 1931). "Principles of the Law of Succession to Intestate Property".
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The more important cases of grants of special letters of administration include the following:
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when the executor or administrator is out of the jurisdiction for more than a year.
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order in which the court will make general grants of letters follows the sequence:
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This article is about administration of an estate on death. For other usages, see
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K., D. P. (May 1934). "Equity: Admissibility of Evidence Arising Pendente Lite".
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An administrator (sometimes known as the administratrix, if female) acts as the
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when the executor or the person entitled to the general grant is under age.
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Calendars of the Grants of Probate and Letters of Administration
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of an estate on death arises if the deceased is legally
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may be required to find the entitled beneficiaries.
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