Double Probate simply means when several executors are appointed in the Will, Probate may be granted to them all simultaneously or at different times whenever applied by them. The grant which is obtained by the other executors after the original grant is issued is known as "second Grant". The second grant is made in usual form but the value of the estate is sworn as the value of the assets remaining unadministered at the date of second grant and not as the original value of the first grant.

The grant of double Probate confers the same right as the original grant. An executor of whose power has been reserved may take a grant of Probate of a codicil found later after the original executor has died.

If the Will is proved and the applicant is an executor named in the Will and is under no legal incapacity to act, the court has no discretion but must grant Probate to such executor, even if it has been previously granted to his co-executors. In such a case, Probate should be granted to the subsequent applicants jointly with the executors to whom Probate has already been granted.