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probate

[proh-beyt] / ˈproʊ beɪt /


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

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 16, 2026

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

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

“Trusts can be effective tools to help manage and protect your assets and may reduce or even eliminate costs related to wealth transfer, such as probate fees and gift and estate taxes,” according to Fidelity.

From MarketWatch Aug. 7, 2026

“The Widow Cane passed away July first and left no heirs. Therefore, her estate is considered in probate, or in holding.”

From "Moon Over Manifest" by Clare Vanderpool

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

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

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

Her estate will be probated, one way or another.

From MarketWatch Jul. 28, 2026

"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

Bouquets, provided they are of silk, are probated medical plants, and by their perfume strengthen the brain.

From The Invisible Lodge by Jean Paul

Additionally, lawyers are now including trusts in those packages because probating wills is time-consuming, expensive and lacks privacy in many states.

From MarketWatch Apr. 14, 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

Or were they to go on trying cases, enforcing the 'collection of debts, and probating wills precisely as if no Stamp Act had ever been heard of?

From The Eve of the Revolution; a chronicle of the breach with England by Carl Lotus Becker




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