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2. Letters of Administration - Wikipedia

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   Traditionally, letters of administration granted to a representative of a testator's estate are called "letters of administration with the will annexed" or "letters of administration cum testamento annexo" or "c.t.a.". Essentially, this document is issued to the person who will administer the estate of someone who dies without a will.

3. Will and testament - Wikipedia

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   The net estate is inclusive of property that passed by the laws of intestacy, testamentary property, and testamentary substitutes, as enumerated in EPTL 5-1.1-A. New York's classification of testamentary substitutes that are included in the net estate make it challenging for a deceased spouse to disinherit their surviving spouse.

4. Testamentary trust - Wikipedia

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   A testamentary trust provides a way for assets devolving to minor children to be protected until the children are capable of fending for themselves; [3] A testamentary trust has low upfront costs, usually only the cost of preparing the will in such a way as to address the trust, and the fees involved in dealing with the judicial system during probate.

5. Attestation clause - Wikipedia

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   (3) that the testator executed the will as a free and voluntary act for the purposes expressed in it; (4) that each of the witnesses, in the presence of the testator and of each other, signed the will as a witness; (5) that the testator was of sound mind when the will was executed; and

6. Administration (probate law) - Wikipedia

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   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. [1] The order in which the court will make general grants of letters follows the sequence: The surviving spouse, or civil partner, as the case may be; The next of ...

7. Probate - Wikipedia

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   In common law jurisdictions, probate is the judicial process whereby a will is "proved" in a court of law and accepted as a valid public document that is the true last testament of the deceased; or whereby, in the absence of a legal will, the estate is settled according to the laws of intestacy that apply in the state where the deceased resided at the time of their death.