probate
31probate court — noun a court having jurisdiction over the probate of wills and the administration of estates • Topics: ↑law, ↑jurisprudence • Hypernyms: ↑court, ↑tribunal, ↑judicature * * * noun 1 …
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33probate in common form — A survival of probate procedure under ecclesiastical law; an ex parte proceeding instituted by the executor or other proponent of a will to obtain the admission of the propounded instrument to record as a valid will. It is distinguished from the… …
34probate will — noun a judicial certificate saying that a will is genuine and conferring on the executors the power to administer the estate • Syn: ↑probate • Derivationally related forms: ↑probate (for: ↑probate) • Topics: ↑law, ↑ …
35probate matters — Matters within the jurisdiction of a probate court. Re Mortenson, 248 Ill 520, 94 NE 120. See probate jurisdiction …
36probate proceeding — A proceeding in the probate court, usually upon notice of motion or order to show cause. Sometimes upon summons or other formal process as in the probate of a will in solemn form. A civil action for the purpose of a statute which disqualifies a… …
37probate duty — noun 1. : a British tax on the gross value of the personal estate of a deceased testator introduced in 1694 and merged in the estate duty in 1894 2. : an estate tax in some United States jurisdictions * * * probate duty noun (historical) A tax on …
38probate court — noun Date: 1786 a court that has jurisdiction chiefly over the probate of wills and administration of deceased persons estates …
39Probate and Divorce Court — This was in fact two separate courts: * the Court of Probate, and * the Court for Divorce and Matrimonial Causes …
40probate court — a special court with power over administration of estates of deceased persons, the probate of wills, etc. [1720 30, Amer.] * * * …
