probate : Idioms & Phrases

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probate court

  • noun a court having jurisdiction over the probate of wills and the administration of estates
WordNet

Probate Court, ∨ Court of Probate

  • a court for the probate of wills.
Webster 1913

Probate duty

  • a government tax on property passing by will. Eng.
Webster 1913

probate will

  • noun a judicial certificate saying that a will is genuine and conferring on the executors the power to administer the estate
    probate.
WordNet

To renounce probate

  • (Law), to decline to act as the executor of a will. Mozley & W.
Webster 1913