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probate

[proh-beyt] / ˈproʊ beɪt /


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According to the probate filings, he continued to pursue fees he was owed through the trust, and received money in April.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 16, 2026

The trust fund fight began in June, when Reiner first petitioned for the money in probate court.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 16, 2026

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

Complicating matters, Missouri Medicaid estate recovery may apply in some cases for recipients 55 or older, but it is limited to certain probate assets.

From MarketWatch Aug. 6, 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

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

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

In New York, the statute of limitations for contesting a will is typically three years from the date that the will is probated, although it varies by state.

From MarketWatch Oct. 9, 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

His law license will also be held in probated suspension for a year, which means he must comply with specific requirements but can practice law during that time.

From New York Times Mar. 30, 2024

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

S. W.'s will has been probated, it being certain now that he is dead.

From Mary Louise and Josie O'Gorman by Emma Speed Sampson

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

This probating Major Palmes, a former friend of Andros, declared void, since Andros had ruled that all wills should be probated at Boston.

From The Development of Religious Liberty in Connecticut by Maria Louise Greene




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