Probate-courts Sentence Examples

The judicial department comprises a supreme court consisting of a chief justice and (since 1881) four associate justices elected for terms of six years, and lower courts consisting of district courts with original jurisdiction in civil cases in law and equity, and in criminal cases upon indictments by grand juries; justices' courts, in which the amount in litigation cannot exceed $ioo, or the punishment cannot exceed three months' imprisonment or a fine of $loo; and of municipal and probate courts with the usual jurisdictions.

Below this are the twelve district courts, the town councils, probate courts in the larger towns, and justices of the peace.

There are also county courts, consisting of one judge who serves for four years; in some counties probate courts have been established, and in counties of more than 500,000 population juvenile courts for the trial and care of delinquent children are provided for.

The judicial department included a supreme court, district courts, probate courts and local justices of the peace.

Those marriages do not require a marriage license or ceremony.Some probate courts have online searchable databases.