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Definition of Probate
1. Noun. A judicial certificate saying that a will is genuine and conferring on the executors the power to administer the estate.
Exact synonyms: Probate Will
Generic synonyms: Certificate, Certification, Credential, Credentials
Category relationships: Jurisprudence, Law
Generic synonyms: Certificate, Certification, Credential, Credentials
Category relationships: Jurisprudence, Law
2. Verb. Put a convicted person on probation by suspending his sentence.
Generic synonyms: Defer, Hold Over, Postpone, Prorogue, Put Off, Put Over, Remit, Set Back, Shelve, Table
Derivative terms: Probation, Probation
Derivative terms: Probation, Probation
3. Noun. The act of proving that an instrument purporting to be a will was signed and executed in accord with legal requirements.
4. Verb. Establish the legal validity of (wills and other documents).
Category relationships: Jurisprudence, Law
Generic synonyms: Formalise, Formalize, Validate
Derivative terms: Probative
Generic synonyms: Formalise, Formalize, Validate
Derivative terms: Probative
Definition of Probate
1. n. Proof.
2. a. Of or belonging to a probate, or court of probate; as, a probate record.
3. 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.
Definition of Probate
1. to establish the validity of [v -BATED, -BATING, -BATES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Probate
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