probate

1. n. Proof. Source: opted

2. 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. Source: opted

3. n. The right or jurisdiction of proving wills. Source: opted

4. a. Of or belonging to a probate, or court of probate; as, a probate record. Source: opted

5. 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. Source: opted

6. n. a judicial certificate saying that a will is genuine and conferring on the executors the power to administer the estate Source: wordnet

7. n. the act of proving that an instrument purporting to be a will was signed and executed in accord with legal requirements Source: wordnet

8. v. put a convicted person on probation by suspending their sentence Source: wordnet

9. v. establish the legal validity of (wills and other documents) Source: wordnet

10. v:25/n:75 n. a judicial certificate saying that a will is genuine and conferring on the executors the power to administer the estate n. the act of proving that an instrument purporting to be a will was signed and executed in accord with legal requirements v. put a convicted person on probation by suspending his sentence Source: ecdict

Thesaurus links