The act of convincing a probate court that a will document is the authorized will of a deceased person. This is usually a formality where an executor or administrator shows the court the will which should have been signed and dated by the deceased person in the presence of two or more witnesses. A holographic will (hand written and unwitnessed) can be introduced in many states … [Read more...]

In English law. An officer of the royal navy who had the charge of prisoners taken at sea, and sometimes also on land. In military law, the officer acting as the head of the military police of any post, camp, city or other place in military occupation, or district under the reign of martial law. … [Read more...]

In Scotch practice. An action for proving the tenor of a lost deed. Bell. … [Read more...]

Latin: In the civil law. A broker; one who negotiated or arranged the terms of a contract between two parties, as between buyer and seller; one who negotiated a marriage; a match-maker. Calvin. … [Read more...]

(A) com. law. The property which a drawer of a bill of exchange places in the hands of a drawee; as, for example, by remittances, or when the drawee is indebted to the drawer when the bill becomes due, provision is said to have been made. Acceptance always presumes a provision. (B) French law. An allowance granted by a judge to a party for his support; which is to be paid … [Read more...]