PROBATE COURT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does probate court mean? 

• PROBATE COURT (noun)
  The noun PROBATE COURT has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: PROBATE COURT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PROBATE COURT (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)