About The Word Probate
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Probate
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What's The Definition Of Probate?
[n] the act of proving that an instrument purporting to be a will was signed and executed in accord with legal requirements
[n] a judicial certificate saying that a will is genuine and conferring on the executors the power to administer the estate [v] establish the legal validity of; as of a will, etc. [v] put a convicted person on probation by suspending his sentence Synonyms | Synonyms for Probate: probate will Related Terms | Find terms related to Probate: See Also | certificate | certification | credential | credentials | defer | formalise | formalize | hold over | postpone | proof | prorogue | put off | put over | remit | set back | shelve | substantiation | table | validate | validation Probate In Webster's Dictionary \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.
\Pro"bate\, a. 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. 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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