orphan's court

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Noun

orphan's court (plural orphan's courts)

  1. (law, dated) Synonym of probate court.
    • 1816, New Jersey, Supreme Court of Judicature, Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of New Jersey, page 155:
      The orphan's court is not a court of common law, but a court partaking of the powers of a chancery and perogative jurisdiction, instituted by law to remedy and supply the defects in the powers of the perogative court, with regard to the accountability of executors, administrators and guardians.
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