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  • noun Plural form of probate.
  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of probate.

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  • Civil handled mostly family and probate law (adoptions, divorces, probates etc) and only took indigent clients (we had the same standards as the Court for IFP filings).

    The Volokh Conspiracy » Legal Clinics Under Siege 2010

  • Civil handled mostly family and probate law (adoptions, divorces, probates etc) and only took indigent clients (we had the same standards as the Court for IFP filings).

    The Volokh Conspiracy » Legal Clinics Under Siege 2010

  • DAVID ARIOSTO, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): As Christmas hymns fill the ears of last-minute shoppers, a distinctly different feeling probates the streets of Havana.

    CNN Transcript Dec 25, 2009 2009

  • Once you start getting into probates and testiments and all that icky stuff, we generally leave the room to get another beer.

    Calling a Spade a Shovel Don Lewis 2008

  • A New York law of 1786 awarded fees to the “judge of the court of probates … to wit; For filing every petition, one shilling; for making and entering every order, six shillings; for every citation, under seal, to witnesses, or for any other purposes, six shillings … for copies of all records and proceedings, when required, for each sheet consisting of one hundred and twenty-eight words, one shilling and six-pence.”

    A History of American Law Lawrence M. Friedman 1985

  • The Vermont constitution of 1777 gave to the “freemen in each county” the “liberty of choosing the judges of inferior court of common pleas, sheriff, justices of the peace, and judges of probates.”

    A History of American Law Lawrence M. Friedman 1985

  • The Vermont constitution of 1777 gave to the “freemen in each county” the “liberty of choosing the judges of inferior court of common pleas, sheriff, justices of the peace, and judges of probates.”

    A History of American Law Lawrence M. Friedman 1985

  • A New York law of 1786 awarded fees to the “judge of the court of probates … to wit; For filing every petition, one shilling; for making and entering every order, six shillings; for every citation, under seal, to witnesses, or for any other purposes, six shillings … for copies of all records and proceedings, when required, for each sheet consisting of one hundred and twenty-eight words, one shilling and six-pence.”

    A History of American Law Lawrence M. Friedman 1985

  • A New York law of 1786 awarded fees to the “judge of the court of probates … to wit; For filing every petition, one shilling; for making and entering every order, six shillings; for every citation, under seal, to witnesses, or for any other purposes, six shillings … for copies of all records and proceedings, when required, for each sheet consisting of one hundred and twenty-eight words, one shilling and six-pence.”

    A History of American Law Lawrence M. Friedman 1985

  • The Vermont constitution of 1777 gave to the “freemen in each county” the “liberty of choosing the judges of inferior court of common pleas, sheriff, justices of the peace, and judges of probates.”

    A History of American Law Lawrence M. Friedman 1985

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