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a court having jurisdiction over the probate of wills and the administration of estates

1. : a court having jurisdiction over the probate of wills and the administration of decedents' estates and in some states over the estates of minors and other legally incompetent persons and in some states having a limited jurisdiction in civil and criminal cases — called also court of probate; compare ordinary's court, orphans' court, prefect's court, surrogate 1c

2. : a British court established in 1857 with jurisdiction over the probate of wills and administration of decedents' personal estates formerly exercised by the ecclesiastical courts and also in probate matters over realty and now forming part of the probate, divorce, and admiralty division of the High Court of Justice

a special court with power over administration of estates of deceased persons, the probate of wills, etc.

[1720-30, Amer.]

Probate Court noun

A court created in 1858 to exercise jurisdiction in matters touching the succession to personal estate in England

Main Entry: ↑probate

probate court,

a court concerned with the probate of wills and the settlement of the estates of dead persons.

noun, pl ⋯ courts [count, noncount]

US law : a court that proves wills are valid