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probates

  • plural
    of probate.
    probate
    noun
    the official proving of a will as authentic or valid in a probate court.
  • present tense form
    of probate (3rd person singular).
    probate
    noun
    the official proving of a will as authentic or valid in a probate court.

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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

Such were the citation of laymen out of their dioceses, the excessive fees taken in spiritual courts, the delay and trouble in obtaining probates.

From Henry VIII. by A. F. (Albert Frederick) Pollard

A civil court also was assembled this month, by which some writs and some probates of wills were granted.

From An Account of the English Colony in New South Wales, Volume 1 With Remarks on the Dispositions, Customs, Manners, Etc. of The Native Inhabitants of That Country. to Which Are Added, Some Particulars of New Zealand; Compiled, By Permission, From The Mss. of Lieutenant-Governor King. by David Collins

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