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Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Black's Law Dictionary
In the United States. A state tribunal, with similar jurisdiction to the court of ordinary, court of probate, etc., relating to matters of probate, etc.
2 Kent, Comm. 409, note 6. And see Robinson v. Fair, 128 U. S. 53 , 9 Sun. Ct. 30, 32 In Ed. 415; In re Hawley, 104 N. Y. 250, 10 N. E. 352.