Legal document naming someone to administer an estate when no executor has been named WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

Letters of Administration are granted by a Surrogate Court or probate registry to appoint appropriate people to deal with a deceased person's estate where property will pass under Intestacy Rules or where there are no executors living having been validly appointed under the deceased's will. Wikipedia

grant of probate administration in the absence of executors Wikidata