Alabama Code 43-2-48. Conclusiveness of letters
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Terms Used In Alabama Code 43-2-48
- Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- person: includes a corporation as well as a natural person. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
- Probate: Proving a will
- property: includes both real and personal property. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
- state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
Letters testamentary or of administration and letters to a special administrator or to any general administrator, sheriff or coroner, granted by any court having jurisdiction, are conclusive evidence of the authority of the person to whom the same are granted, from the date thereof until the same are revoked; and, when granted, such letters exclude the probate court of every other county from the jurisdiction thereof and extend to all the property of the deceased in the state.