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probate

[proh-bayt] / ˈproʊ beɪt /


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Do we still have to go through probate?

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 27, 2026

The sale would be handled through the probate process.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 24, 2026

A trust can help your estate avoid ancillary probate in the state where your mother’s home is located.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 21, 2026

All of this will make the transfer of assets easier and will help avoid probate for a large portion of your estate.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 14, 2026

I looked through probate records to see who would have benefited from his death.

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

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

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

My older brother was responsible for handling their estate, but he never probated their will.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 1, 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

When Colonel Harris's will was probated, two-thirds of the balance of his fortune was left in trust with Mrs. Harris, George, and Gertrude, to be used for the public welfare, as they deemed wisest.

From The Harris-Ingram Experiment by Charles E. (Charles Edward) Bolton

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

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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