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probate

[proh-beyt] / ˈproʊ beɪt /


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For the first two decades, the firm specialised in managing probate house clearances, cessation of business asset disposals and private chattels.

From BBC Aug. 11, 2026

Ultimately, if your friend’s children are indeed named beneficiaries of the life-insurance policy, the proceeds pass directly to them outside of probate.

From MarketWatch Aug. 6, 2026

Any interested party — a hospital, nursing home, social worker, adult protective services, friend or relative — can file a formal petition with the local probate or superior court.

From MarketWatch Aug. 5, 2026

Typically, the state court — a probate court or superior court — has the power to appoint a guardian/conservator to look after his interests.

From MarketWatch Aug. 5, 2026

At a probate hearing after the death of George Bigheart, an attorney expressed bafflement at why loans ostensibly from Burt’s bank to the Osage were issued from Burt’s personal checkbook.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann

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

In England this policy has been neglected, in taxing the probates of wills, in the legacy duty, and in all taxes affecting the transference of property from the dead to the191 living.

From On The Principles of Political Economy, and Taxation by David Ricardo

He probates wills and appoints executors, administrators, and guardians.

From Citizenship A Manual for Voters by Emma Guy Cromwell

Roman Aminov, an attorney based in Flushing, N.Y., says he has probated wills belonging to someone who had died more than 25 years before.

From MarketWatch Dec. 4, 2025

"The estate will actually be probated in accordance with intestate succession laws and the children would be lawfully next in line to inherit," he said.

From BBC Mar. 15, 2025

Starr County District Attorney Gocha Ramirez agreed to pay a $1,250 fine and have his license held in a probated suspension for 12 months in a settlement reached with the State Bar of Texas.

From Seattle Times Feb. 29, 2024

Virgin Islands, where Mr. Epstein’s estate is being probated.

From New York Times Mar. 18, 2020

The will had not yet been probated, but would be within the month, when full particulars would be furnished them.

From The Camp Fire Girls Across the Seas by Margaret Vandercook

Our son understands that there will be costs associated with probating our wills.

From MarketWatch Jul. 29, 2026

Those chores can include arranging the funeral, probating the estate, closing accounts, canceling services and dealing with various government agencies, including Social Security and the IRS.

From Seattle Times May 9, 2022

The words judicial proceedings relate to the outcome of court actions: damage awards, the probating of wills, divorce decrees, and so forth.

From Textbooks Jan. 1, 2016

Originally facing 45 felony charges, he later plead guilty to two misdemeanors and was sentenced to probating and community service.

From Forbes Dec. 23, 2014

The probating of his will soon disclosed that he had virtually entailed it.

From Great Fortunes from Railroads by Gustavus Myers




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