Probate Synonyms

prōbāt
A judicial certificate saying that a will is genuine and conferring on the executors the power to administer the estate
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. probate will

Words Related to Probate

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Related:

  1. admons
  2. executorship
  3. pre-1858
  4. post-1858
  5. wills

Probate Sentence Examples

  • 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.

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