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

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

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...

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...

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Connecticut Probate Court system is a system of 54 individual probate courts located throughout the state of Connecticut. The jurisdiction of each court extends...

local probate court, involves the disposition of the decedent’s estate either by will or intestacy. Often, to facilitate this process, the Court will appoint...