probate
noun
the official proving of a will as authentic or valid in a probate court.
probates
Example Sentences
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The writer is a lawyer who specializes in wills, trusts, estates and probates.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 25, 2022
The website may also include information regarding probates, trusts and guardianships.
From Encyclopedia.com ● Jun. 12, 2018
The legal work was the basic fare: deeds, wills, taxes, probates, landlord issues, residency.
From Washington Post
He also extorted an excessive fee for putting the seal to all probates of wills, and letters of administration, even where the estates of the deceased were of the meanest value.
From The History of Virginia, in Four Parts by Robert Beverley
His abbatial functions, however, are confined to convening ecclesiastical courts, and granting probates of wills, and licenses for marriages, subject only to the metropolitan jurisdiction of the Archbishop of Armagh.
From Notes and Queries, Number 77, April 19, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc by George Bell
