Probate

['prəʊbeɪt] or ['probet]

Definition

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

(noun.) a judicial certificate saying that a will is genuine and conferring on the executors the power to administer the estate.

(verb.) establish the legal validity of (wills and other documents).

(verb.) put a convicted person on probation by suspending his sentence.

Editor: Solomon--From WordNet

Definition

(n.) Proof.

(n.) Official proof; especially, the proof before a competent officer or tribunal that an instrument offered, purporting to be the last will and testament of a person deceased, is indeed his lawful act; the copy of a will proved, under the seal of the Court of Probate, delivered to the executors with a certificate of its having been proved.

(n.) The right or jurisdiction of proving wills.

(a.) Of or belonging to a probate, or court of probate; as, a probate record.

(v. t.) To obtain the official approval of, as of an instrument purporting to be the last will and testament; as, the executor has probated the will.

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Definition

n. the proof before a competent court that a written paper purporting to be the will of a person who has died is indeed his lawful act: the official copy of a will with the certificate of its having been proved: the right or jurisdiction of proving wills.—adj. relating to the establishment of wills and testaments.—Probate court a court created in 1858 to exercise jurisdiction in matters touching the succession to personal estate; Probate duty a tax on property passing by will.

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