Probate

5 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Probate \Pro"bate\, n. [From L. probatus, p. p. of probare to
     prove. See {Prove}.]
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     1. Proof. [Obs.] --Skelton.
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     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.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Probate \Pro"bate\, a.
     Of or belonging to a probate, or court of probate; as, a
     probate record.
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     {Probate Court}, or {Court of Probate}, a court for the
        probate of wills.
  
     {Probate duty}, a government tax on property passing by will.
        [Eng.]
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  probate
       n 1: a judicial certificate saying that a will is genuine and
            conferring on the executors the power to administer the
            estate [syn: {probate will}]
       2: the act of proving that an instrument purporting to be a
          will was signed and executed in accord with legal
          requirements
       v 1: put a convicted person on probation by suspending his
            sentence
       2: establish the legal validity of (wills and other documents)

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  35 Moby Thesaurus words for "probate":
     affirm, attest, attested copy, authenticate, back, back up,
     bear out, bequeathal, bequest, bolster, buttress, certify,
     circumstantiate, codicil, confirm, corroborate, devise, document,
     fortify, inheritance, legacy, prove, ratify, reinforce, strengthen,
     substantiate, support, sustain, testament, undergird, uphold,
     validate, verify, warrant, will