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Contest Of Wills Crossword Clue

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noun

• a judicial certificate saying that a will is genuine and conferring on the executors the power to administer the estate

• the act of proving that an instrument purporting to be a will was signed and executed in accord with legal requirements

verb

• put a convicted person on probation by suspending his sentence

• establish the legal validity of (wills and other documents)

34%9 Engaged in a contest of wills
noun

• an energetic attempt to achieve something

• an open clash between two opposing groups (or individuals)

• strenuous effort

verb

• make a strenuous or labored effort

• to exert strenuous effort against opposition

• climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling

• be engaged in a fight; carry on a fight

25%4 Like some wills
noun

• a heavy ductile magnetic metallic element; is silver-white in pure form but readily rusts; used in construction and tools and armament; plays a role in the transport of oxygen by the blood

• a golf club that has a relatively narrow metal head

• implement used to brand live stock

• home appliance consisting of a flat metal base that is heated and used to smooth cloth

adjective satellite

• extremely robust

verb

• press and smooth with a heated iron

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