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What does probate to a bank mean?

What does probate to a bank mean?

Posted: 5 Apr 2015 2:26PM GMT
Classification: Query
Surnames: Sampey
Hi there
I have a probate record showing that probate was issued to a bank during the 1960s. I know that at the time there was a spouse and three children all living. Does anyone know what probate to the bank would mean and why it would happen please?
Thanks for any help

Re: What does probate to a bank mean?

Posted: 6 Apr 2015 3:11AM GMT
Classification: Query
Edited: 6 Apr 2015 3:19AM GMT
It would help to see the record and the exact wording and context. It may mean that Letters Testimentary were issued to someone at the bank to serve as executor of the estate. Or if the deceased was intestate, It may mean that Letters of Administration were issued to someone at the bank to serve as administrator of the estate. Or perhaps there was a trust set up and the bank served as trustee. Or something else. The answer depends on what you're looking at and the exact wording.

But I would guess that the will named the bank or someone at the bank to serve as executor, and Letters were issued by the probate court based on that.

Steve
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