GRANT OF LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION
If the Deceased left no will, then the law provides that the person will have died intestate.
As the Deceased persons estate still needs to be administered the intestacy laws provide a set order of entitlement as to who inherits the estate as well as who can apply to the probate registry for the authority to administer the estate.
Typically the intestacy rules provide for a close family member to apply to the Court, the person making the application will be known as the administrator with the Court issuing a legal document known as a grant of letters of administration.
Like the grant of probate, the grant of letters of administration can then be presented to the various financial institutions enabling assets to be collected etc.