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Grant of Probate
Last modified: Thu Feb 23 16:37:37 2006
A document from the ProbateRegistry confirming
authority for an Executor to begin
the DistributionOfEstate. This term only
applies where the estate is to be handled by an executor
named in the Will; any other person carrying out
this task is an `administrator' (see: Administrator)
and requires (LettersOfAdministration). In Scotland,
Grant of Probate is referred to as `confirmation'; the term is often
just abbreviated to `probate', as in `obtain probate'.
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