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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...] about PROVING A WILL

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...] about PROVOST-MARSHAL

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

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...] about PROXENETA

The first draft or rough minutes of an instrument or transaction; the original copy of a dispatch, treaty, or other document. Brande. A document serving as the preliminary to, or opening of, any diplomatic transaction. In old Scotch, practice. A book, marked by the clerk register, and delivered to a notary on his admission, in which he was directed to insert all the instruments … [Read more...] about PROTOCOL