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PROBATE
probate
(noun) the act of proving that an instrument purporting to be a will was signed and executed in accord with legal requirements
probate, probate will
(noun) a judicial certificate saying that a will is genuine and conferring on the executors the power to administer the estate
probate
(verb) establish the legal validity of (wills and other documents)
probate
(verb) put a convicted person on probation by suspending his sentence
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
probate (countable and uncountable, plural probates)
(legal) The legal process of verifying the legality of a will.
(legal) A copy of a legally recognised and qualified will.
Clipping of probate court.
(obsolete) proof
Verb
probate (third-person singular simple present probates, present participle probating, simple past and past participle probated)
(transitive) To establish the legality of (a will).
Source: Wiktionary
Pro"bate, n. Etym: [From L. probatus, p. p. of probare to prove. See Prove.]
1. Proof. [Obs.] Skelton.
2. (Law) (a) 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. Bouvier. Burrill. (b) The right or jurisdiction of proving wills.
Pro"bate, a.
Definition: Of or belonging to a probate, or court of probate; as, a probate record. Probate Court, or Court of Probate, a court for the probate of wills.
– Probate duty, a government tax on property passing by will. [Eng.]
Pro"bate v. t.
Definition: 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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