probate

[Pro·bate]

Probate is the act of proving the legal validity of a will. A will may require probate because the person that signed it isn’t around to verify his or her signature.

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Proof.

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

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.

Probate

Pro"bate , n. [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.

Probate

Pro"bate, a. Of or belonging to a probate, or court of probate; as, a probate record. Probate Court, ∨ Court of Probate, a court for the probate of wills. -- Probate duty, a government tax on property passing by will. [Eng.]

Probate

Pro"bate 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.

Proof.

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

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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