probate court

1. 1.

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

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   law

Questions about probate court

What does probate court mean?

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

Is probate court a common word?

probate court is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.