Probate in a sentence as a noun

Ban the line pushers or at least probate them for a fortnight.

$10 to get in. Appoint moderators who can ban or probate users at will if they post trash or break the rules.

During probate they're going to be discussing this so not losing the data might be a good idea.

Oh, well that's effectively no different than probate.

Tons of things...avoiding probate and reduction of estate taxes are two of the biggest ones for me.

I would simply have the probate judge order Apple to transfer the DRMed files to the party inheriting the files.

Currently leaving money for heirs is messy with probate and paperwork and taxes.

Probate in a sentence as a verb

Yes, that's a good start, if in most US states you'll want a living trust set up in addition to a will which avoids the legal costs of probate court for your heirs.

There's a whole complicated legal hierarchy and set of definitions of who's responsible for what, WRT probate.

[1]Now this usually comes up in the context of probate law, where people are arguing over the terms of a will involving the disposal of a dead person's property.

In the UK Apple are correctly asking for a court order before they do anything with the phone but they sometimes do not accept grant of probate as that court order.

Why does Google--or anyone else--think that already existing probate and testamentary laws don't apply?

If you basically appoint yourself probate judge and probate executor all on your own, as a loose cannon, you have no idea how big of a legal pile of bricks will fall on your head even if you're "just trying to help out with the paperwork".Or another example, unless you're the named or appointed executor, for gods sake never take a phone call from a debt collector, fraudulent or possibly even legit, unless you're a cosigner or joint owner and even then talk to a lawyer first.

Probate definitions

noun

a judicial certificate saying that a will is genuine and conferring on the executors the power to administer the estate

noun

the act of proving that an instrument purporting to be a will was signed and executed in accord with legal requirements

verb

put a convicted person on probation by suspending his sentence

verb

establish the legal validity of (wills and other documents)