1. a judge of a probate court.

2. Leffingwell even held probate court there.

3. Clearly the objective of reducing the workload on probate courts by eliminating one class of contests is not without some legitimacy.

4. The probate court ordered that the marital home be sold and the net proceeds divided equally.

5. Society—family, tribe, caste, church, village, probate court—established and enforced its connubial protocols for the presumed good of everyone, except maybe for the couples themselves.

6. A person appointed by a probate court to administer the estate of a person who died intestate (without a will).

7. The court reversed the judgment in the partition action and remanded it to the probate court with directions.

8. At issue was whether the bankruptcy court, which awarded Smith millions of dollars, should be able to wipe out the ruling of the Texas probate court, which ruled for J. Howard Marhsall's son.