Look up probate court in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A probate court (sometimes called a surrogate court) is a court that has competence in a jurisdiction...

In common law jurisdictions, probate is the judicial process whereby a will is "proved" in a court of law and accepted as a valid public document that...

In the history of the courts of England and Wales, the Court of Probate was created by the Court of Probate Act 1857, which transferred the jurisdiction...

court, the jurisdiction over the probate stays with the Chancery court. Tennessee's Chancery Courts are courts of equity. Tennessee's Chancery Court was...

Court decision under the probate exception, ruling that the federal courts lacked subject matter jurisdiction over state probate matters. The Ninth Circuit...

Texas, is governed by a commissioners' court. This court consists of the county judge (the chairperson of the court), who is elected county-wide, and four...

Chancery, the Court of King's Bench, the Court of Common Pleas, the Court of Exchequer, the High Court of Admiralty, the Court of Probate, the Court for Divorce...

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The Probate and Family Court of Massachusetts has jurisdiction over family matters such as divorce, paternity, child support, custody, visitation, adoption...

governed by a Commissioners Court. The court consists of the county judge, who is elected county-wide and presides over the full court, and four commissioners...