As we saw in our previous articles that a Legatee is a person to whom a legacy is given and the universal legatee or a sole legatee is one who, by virtue of the Last will & Testament, is entitled to the whole of the testator's property.

When the testator has not appointed executor in his/her will, in such scenario, in the absence of the executor, the universal legatee or sole legatee has been given the right to prove the will and to obtain letters of administration with the will annexed. He cannot, however, obtain probate.

None of the provisions of the Act has provided for the representative of the universal legatee being admitted to prove the will and apply for granting administration of the will annexed. The representation of a universal legatee is therefore not entitled to letters of administration.