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Terms Used In Texas Estates Code 501.005

  • Court: means and includes:
    (1) a county court in the exercise of its probate jurisdiction;
    (2) a court created by statute and authorized to exercise original probate jurisdiction; and
    (3) a district court exercising original probate jurisdiction in a contested matter. See Texas Estates Code 22.007
  • Probate: Proving a will

On filing and recording a foreign will in accordance with this chapter, the foreign will:
(1) is considered to be admitted to probate; and
(2) has the same effect for all purposes as if the original will had been admitted to probate by order of a court of this state, subject to contest in the manner and to the extent provided by Chapter 504.