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PROBATE COURT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A court having jurisdiction over the probate of wills and the administration of estates
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("probate court" is a kind of...):
court; judicature; tribunal (an assembly (including one or more judges) to conduct judicial business)
Domain category:
jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)