Rule 3 Definitions
Rule Text
(1) “Executor” means the person named in a will to carry out the directions and requests in that will.
(2) “Administrator” means the person given the authority by the High Court to administer the estate of a deceased person who died interstate.
(3) “Administrator with will annexed” means the person given the authority by the High Court to administer the estate of a deceased person and to carry out the directions of the deceased person’s will when the will has failed to name an executor or the named executor is dead, renounces has appointment, fails to qualify for appointment or has been removed.
(4) “Letters testamentary” means the formal instrument of authority and appointment given to an executor by the High Court empowering him to enter upon the discharge of his office as executor.
(5) “Letters of administration” means the formal instrument of authority and appointment given to an administrator by the High Court empowering him to enter upon the discharge of his office as administrator.
(6) “Interested person” includes heirs, devices, children, spouses, creditors, beneficiaries and any others having a property right in or claim against an estate. It also includes persons having priority for appointment as an executor or administrator and other fiduciaries representing interested persons and anyone who has filed with the High Court a demand for notice.