probate estate
11estate planning — estate plan·ning n: the arranging for the disposition and management of one s estate at death through the use of wills, trusts, insurance policies, and other devices Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. estate planning …
12Probate research — deals with finding heirs and proving their right to inheritances. Intestacy laws vary enormously from one country to another, however, a common factor is that a minority of estates exist where no entitled persons are known. On such cases… …
13Probate — Not to be confused with Probation. Wills, trusts and estat …
14estate — The degree, quantity, nature, and extent of interest which a person has in real and personal property. An estate in lands, tenements, and hereditaments signifies such interest as the tenant has therein. 2 Bl.Comm. 103. The condition or… …
15estate — The degree, quantity, nature, and extent of interest which a person has in real and personal property. An estate in lands, tenements, and hereditaments signifies such interest as the tenant has therein. 2 Bl.Comm. 103. The condition or… …
16Probate court — A probate court (also called a surrogate court) is a specialized court that deals with matters of probate and the administration of estates. Probate courts administer proper distribution of the assets of a decedent (one who has died), adjudicates …
17probate — /proh bayt/, n., adj., v., probated, probating. n. 1. Law. the official proving of a will as authentic or valid in a probate court. 2. an officially certified copy of a will so proved. adj. 3. of or pertaining to probate or a probate court. v.t.… …
18Probate — The legal process in which a will is reviewed to determine whether it is valid and authentic. Probate also refers to the general administering of a deceased person s will or the estate of a deceased person without a will. The court appoints… …
19probate 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 …
20probate 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 …
