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letters of administration

Law a document issued by the probate court or some officer who has authority, directing a person to administer the goods or property of a dead person

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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