Complex sentence: Otherwise, courts may grant leave to applicants to swear that a person is dead (within or after the seven year period)-for example an executor may make such an application in order to be granted probate for the will.
Split into simpler sentences: Otherwise, courts may grant leave to applicants to swear that a person is dead (within or after the seven year period). For example an executor may make such an application so they can be granted probate for the will.