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The legal process of verifying the legality of a will.
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A copy of a legally recognised and qualified will.
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Proof
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To establish the legality of (a will).
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A court (tribunal) whose function is to administer estates (property of a decedent) and prove wills
Examples of probate in a Sentence
It had probate jurisdiction and wills were registered.
The other officials are the sheriff, treasurer and coroner, elected for two years; the auditor, recorder, clerk of courts, prosecuting attorney, surveyor and infirmary directors, elected for two years; and the board of school examiners (three) and the board of county visitors (six, of whom three are women), appointed usually by the probate judge for three years.
Below this are the twelve district courts, the town councils, probate courts in the larger towns, and justices of the peace.
This jurisdiction, which he exercised through the judge of the Prerogative court, was transferred to the crown by the Court of Probate Act 1857.
The district court has general, original and exclusive jurisdiction in all matters civil, criminal and probate not expressly conferred on an inferior court, and may hear appeals from inferior courts, boards or officers.
These courts have original jurisdiction in cases at law and in equity in which the value in controversy exceeds $50, in criminal cases amounting to felony, in all matters of probate, in actions for divorce, &c., and appellate jurisdiction in cases arising in the inferior courts.
The court has original jurisdiction in probate cases, in civil cases involving $1000 or less, and in criminal cases below the grade of felony.
For each judicial district (the tenth district was created in 2907) there is one district judge, elected for four years; the district courts have original jurisdiction (except in probate matters) and certain appellate jurisdiction.
This court has exclusive original jurisdiction in probate matters, and in counties with over 2000 inhabitants its jurisdiction may be extended by popular vote to include concurrent jurisdiction with the district courts in civil matters involving amounts less than $2000, and in criminal actions below the grade of felony.
The national revenues are derived from import and export duties, port dues and other taxes levied on foreign commerce; from excise and stamp taxes and other charges upon internal business transactions; from direct taxes levied in the federal district and national territories, covering a land tax in rural districts, a house tax in the city, commercial and professional licences, water rates, and sundry taxes on bread, pulque, vehicles, saloons, theatres, &c.; from probate dues and registry fees; from a surcharge on all taxes levied by the states, called the " federal contribution," which is paid in federal revenue stamps; from post and telegraph receipts; and from some minor sources of income.
They have original jurisdiction in all cases in equity, in all cases at law which involve the title or possession of real property, or the legality of a tax, impost, assessment, toll or municipal fine, and in all other cases at law in which the amount in controversy is $loo or more, in nearly all criminal cases, in matters of probate, in proceedings for divorce, and in various other cases; and they have appellate jurisdiction of cases originally tried before a justice of the peace or other inferior courts where the amount in controversy is more than $20.
In the United States the ordinary possesses, in the states where such an officer exists, powers vested in him by the constitution and acts of the legislature identical with those usually vested in the courts of probate.
In South Carolina he was a judicial officer, but the office no longer exists, as South Carolina has now a probate court.
There are three court-houses, one of granite (1839-1841) with great monolithic Corinthian pillars, another (1862), adjoining it, of brick, and a third (1908-1909) of granite, for the probate court.
Another branch of meaning stresses the formal, customary aspect; and hence in such phrases as "solemn act," probate in "solemn form," it means that which is done with all due forms and ceremonies.
There are also county courts, consisting of one judge who serves for four years; in some counties probate courts have been established, and in counties of more than 500,000 population juvenile courts for the trial and care of delinquent children are provided for.
They also differed over the prerogatives of Canterbury with regard to probate and other questions of ecclesiastical jurisdiction.
The judicial department included a supreme court, district courts, probate courts and local justices of the peace.
Each county had a probate court, and each precinct a justice of the peace.
The judiciary consists of a supreme court of three judges, elected every six years, and circuit and probate courts, the five district judges being elected every four years.
Each county elects a judge of probate for a term of four years; he has original concurrent jurisdiction with the circuit court in matters of probate, and has original jurisdiction in all cases of juvenile delinquents and dependents.
The legislature may provide for the election of more than one judge of probate in a county with more than ioo,000 inhabitants.
The prerogative court, which is presided over by the chancellor as ordinary and surrogate-general, or by a vice-ordinary and vice-surrogate-general, may hear appeals from the orphans' court, and has the authority to grant probate of wills and letters of administration and guardianship, and to hear and determine disputes arising therein.
In Cumberland and Kennebec counties there is a superior court presided over by one justice and having extensive civil and criminal jurisdiction; and in each of the counties there are a probate court for the settlement of the estates of deceased persons and courts of the trial justice and the justice of the peace for the trial of petty offences and of civil cases in which the debt or damage involved does not exceed $20.
Its officers are three commissioners, a treasurer, a register of deeds, a judge and a register of probate, and a sheriff.
They have original jurisdiction of civil, criminal and probate matters, not specifically assigned to other tribunals, and appellate jurisdiction from the inferior courts.
These taxes were additional beer and spirit dues (customs and excise), excise licences, and share of probate and estate duty.
By the Court of Probate Act 1857 the college was empowered to sell its real and personal estate and to surrender its charter, and it was enacted that on such surrender the college should be dissolved and the property thereof belong to the then existing members as tenants in common for their own use and benefit.
The judges of the county courts are elected for four years, and their courts have jurisdiction over probate matters, civil cases involving amounts not exceeding $500, and criminal cases in which the offence is not punishable by death or imprisonment in the penitentiary.
Practically it became the rule to regard suits regarding land, or presentations to beneflees, as pertaining to the kings court, while those regarding probate, marriage and divorce fell to the ecclesiastical tribunal.
The county courts have, besides the concurrent jurisdiction above stated, original jurisdiction in all probate matters, original jurisdiction in civil actions for sums greater than $200 and not exceeding $500, concurrent jurisdiction with the justices of the peace in misdemeanour cases, and appellate jurisdiction in all cases brought from a justice of the peace or a police court.
The county courts have exclusive original jurisdiction in the probate of wills and the administration of estates, concurrent jurisdiction with the district courts in civil suits for sums not exceeding $1000, and important jurisdiction in criminal cases.
Its judicial business is principally the probate of wills and matters relating to the administration of estates.
She put a caveat on the estate to prevent probate.
Probate for goods and property held solely within an archdeaconry was granted at the archdeacon's court.
You will take on a busy caseload of Estates Planning, Trusts and some Wills and Probate.
The application for Probate is made by the executors named in the deceased person's Will.
Probate Records Only a small number of people ever left wills, but they can help in constructing a family tree.
He died in Sydney of chronic nephritis on 23 January 1930 leaving an estate valued for probate at £ 14 644.
The High Court may cite any person appointed executor by a will to prove or renounce probate of the will.
Probate Registry When someone has died the probate Registry When someone has died the Probate Registry supplies the forms to obtain probate.
The jurisdiction for granting probate for a will was dictated either by where the deceased owned property or where they died.
By avoiding probate, a living trust gets your assets distributed significantly more quickly than a will does.
If you have to get probate, this document becomes public property.
There are two main areas of legal action in the field of contentious probate.
Other areas of litigation, where ADR might be suitable, were suggested, including contested probate, libel and defamation.
Example - type probate registry to find the exact phrase probate registry to find the exact phrase probate registry.
After 1858 wills were registered and proved in the national and district probate registries.
For names of local specialist probate lawyers contact The Law Society Group of Probate Lawyers.
If probate has been granted for the deceased person's estate, the date probate was granted.