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Probate inventory

Meaning in history, with examples

nounAdvanced term

In history, probate inventory means: A list and often a valuation of a deceased person's possessions prepared during the administration of the estate.

In Turkish: tereke envanteri, ölüm sonrası mal dökümü

How it is used

Surviving inventories vary in coverage; listed goods are not a complete picture of a person's life.

Example sentences

  1. The probate inventory lists tools beside bedding and cooking pots.

    Household possessions can reveal work and domestic activity together.

  2. The historian compared the probate inventory with outstanding debt records.

    Assets alone may misrepresent the household's economic position.

Common collocations

  • a probate inventory
  • compile a probate inventory
  • primary sourceEvidence created at the time being studied or by people who witnessed it, such as letters, diaries, official records, photographs or objects.
  • social classA group of people in a society who share a similar economic position, such as wealth, occupation or education, and often similar status and opportunities.

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