The Collaborative International Dictionary
Orphans' court
Orphan \Or"phan\, n. [L. orphanus, Gr. ?, akin to L. orbus. Cf. Orb a blank window.] A child bereaved of both father and mother; sometimes, also, a child who has but one parent living.
Orphans' court (Law), a court in some of the States of the
Union, having jurisdiction over the estates and persons of
orphans or other wards.
--Bouvier.