Chain of Executorship in United Kingdom
Definition of Chain of Executorship
In accordance with the work A Dictionary of Law, this is a description of Chain of Executorship : (chain of executorship, chain of representation)
A rule under the Administration of Estates Act 1925 by which the executor of someone who was himself a sole or surviving executor stands, on the latter’s death, in his place as executor of the testator who appointed him. Thus, if A appoints Bas his only executor and Bin turn appoints C as his own executor, on the death of A and B, C becomes the executor of both. The rule does not apply on intestacy or to an administrator, and the chain is broken by the failure of a testator to appoint an executor or a failure to obtain probate.
See also de bonis non administratis.
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