from
Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)
CAETERORUM. The name of a kind of administration, which, after an
administration has been granted for a limited purpose, is granted for the
rest of the estate. 1 Will. on Ex. 357; 2 Hagg. 62; 4 Hagg. Eccl. R. 382,
386; 4 Mann. & Gr. 398. For example, where a wife had a right to devise or
bequeath certain stock, and she made a will of the same, but there were
accumulations that did not pass, the husband might take out letters of
administration caeterorum. 4 Mann. & Grang.398;1 Curteis, 286.