Match up the terminology in the left column to the definitions in the right column.

1. Surcharge
2. Discharge
3. Bond
4. Fiduciary duties
5. Letters Testamentary
6. Administrator pendent lite
7. Administrator ad litem
8. Special administrator
9. Administrator cum testament annexo
10. Personal representative

a. The bundle of obligations the personal responsibility is obligated to perform.
b. Formal document establishing the personal representative’s right to represent the decedent’s estate.
c. Imposed against the personal representative to restore the estate’s losses as a result of the personal representative’s failure to act properly.
d. This person is appointed when there is a will contest, and it is believed that the personal representative should not handle the administration of the estate while the case is pending.
e. This person is appointed for lawsuits other than a will contest and the personal representative has not yet been appointed
f. This person is appointed as a personal representative in an emergency situation.
g. The release of the personal representative from all liability pertaining to the administration of the estate.
h. Executor.
i. Written promise that the personal representative will faithfully perform his or her duties, which is secured by an amount of money.
j. This person is appointed with a will annexed.


1. c. Imposed against the personal representative to restore the estate’s losses as a result of the personal representative’s failure to act properly.
2. g. The release of the personal representative from all liability pertaining to the administration of the estate.
3. i. Written promise that the personal representative will faithfully perform his or her duties, which is secured by an amount of money.
4. a. The bundle of obligations the personal responsibility is obligated to perform.
5. b. Formal document establishing the personal representative’s right to represent the decedent’s estate.
6. d. This person is appointed when there is a will contest, and it is believed that the personal representative should not handle the administration of the estate while the case is pending.
7. e. This person is appointed for lawsuits other than a will contest and the personal representative has not yet been appointed
8. f. This person is appointed as a personal representative in an emergency situation.
9. j. This person is appointed with a will annexed.
10. h. Executor.

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