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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

He resigned in July, despite facing threats from Reiner’s probate attorney that she would sue him if he quit the job, according to court records.

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

If your brother did have you sign a document you could alert the probate court — if he predeceased you — to decline the role.

From MarketWatch Aug. 7, 2026

And as I dug deeper into the Osage murder cases—into the murk of autopsies and witness testimony and probate records—I began to see certain holes in the bureau’s investigation.

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

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

He also extorted an excessive fee for putting the seal to all probates of wills, and letters of administration, even where the estates of the deceased were of the meanest value.

From The History of Virginia, in Four Parts by Robert Beverley

And if there is no property and no money in your probated estate to pay off your credit-card debt?

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

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

"You're on, Colonel," says I; "though I don't know where I'll get a thousand till after your will is probated."

From The Man Next Door by Emerson Hough

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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