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Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

Black's Law Dictionary

To establish a fact or hypothesis as true by satisfactory and sufficient evidence. To present a claim or demand against a bankrupt or insolvent estate, and establish by evidence or affidavit that the same is correct and due, for the purpose of receiving a dividend on it Tibbetts v. Trafton, 80 Me, 264, 14 Atl. 71; In re California Pac. R. Co., 4 Fed. Cas. 1060; In re Bigelow, 3 Fed. Cas. 343. To establish the genuineness and due ex ecution of a paper, propounded to the proper court or officer, as the last will and testament of a deceased person.

See Probate.