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  • n  a judicial certificate saying that a will is genuine and conferring on the executors the power to administer the estate
  • n  the act of proving that an instrument purporting to be a will was signed and executed in accord with legal requirements
  • v  put a convicted person on probation by suspending his sentence
  • v  establish the legal validity of (wills and other documents)

  • Since McClain had been seen around probate court the previous week, Hirtl sent a reporter to chat with court officials.
  • For five years, picking away at the probate-court administration in Cuyahoga County, Allen has often broken off bits of news, but he never seemed to hit probate pay dirt.
  • Still, you are absolutely right to shun probate in California: it costs your heirs a bundle.
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  • Michael Busch in WJZ
    I believe in civil unions,Democratic House Speaker Michael Busch said on "The Marc Steiner Show" on Baltimore's WYPR-FM. "I think people should have the same rights as far as probate is concerned, as far as health care is...
  • Jodi Rell in New Haven Register (subscription)
    This new law creates a system that is more responsive to the needs of people who need probate court services when they are already going through very difficult periods in their lives,Rell said in a statement. "The restructured court system...
  • Courtney Love in DailyIndia.com
    It's insane. In Kurt's will, his mom was left 15 percent of his estate - the rest went to me and (daughter) Frances Bean. But we had to wait until the estate closed and probate was over. But it's been open 14 years! It's criminal,the New York...

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