Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

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administration cum testamento annexo

[Latin "with the will annexed"] An administration granted when a testator's will does not name any executor or when the executor named is incompetent to act, is deceased, or refuses to act. - Abbr. c.t.a. - Also termed administration with the will annexed.

administration de bonis non cum testamento annexe

An administration granted to settle the remainder of an estate not settled by a previous administrator or executor. 0 This type of administration arises when there is a will, as opposed to an administration de bonis non, which is granted when there is no will. - Abbr. d.b.n.c.t.a.

administration with the will annexed.

See administration cum testamento annexo under ADMINISTRATION.

administrator cum testamento annexo

An administrator appointed by the court to carry out the provisions of a will when the testator has named no executor, or the executors named refuse, are incompetent to act, or have died before performing their duties. - Also termed administrator c.t.a.; administrator with the will annexed.

administrator with the will annexed.

See administrator cum testamento annexo.

annex

n. something that is attached, such as a document to a report or an addition to a building.

annexation

n. 1. the act of attaching; the state of being attached. 2. property. the point at which a fixture becomes a part of the realty to which it is attached. 3. a formal act by which a nation, state, or municipality incorporates land within its dominion. 0 in international law, the usual formalities of announcing annexation involve having specially commissioned officers hoist the national flag and read a proclamation. 4. the annexed land itself. - annex, ub. cf. accession (5).

cherry-stem annexation

1. annexed land that resembles (on a map) a cherry because the annexed territory - the cherry - is not contiguous to the acquiring municipality, and the narrow corridor of annexed land leading to the targeted area resembles a stem. 2. the process of annexing land with this configuration.

cum testamento annexo

See administration cum testamento annexo under ADMINISTRATION.