Probate

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. The process of legally establishing the validity of a will before a judicial authority.
  • n. Judicial certification of the validity of a will.
  • n. An authenticated copy of a will so certified.
  • v. To establish the validity of (a will) by probate.
  • adj. Of or relating to probate or to a probate court: probate law; a probate judge.
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  • n. The legal process of verifying the legality of a will.
  • n. A copy of a legally recognised and qualified will.
  • n. Short for probate court.
  • v. To establish the legality of (a will).
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. Proof.
  • n.
  • 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.
  • adj. Of or belonging to a probate, or court of probate.
  • v. To obtain the official approval of, as of an instrument purporting to be the last will and testament.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Proved; approved.
  • Relating to the proof or establishment of wills and testaments: as, probate duties.
  • n. Proof.
  • n. In law, official proof of a will.
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  • v. put a convicted person on probation by suspending his sentence
  • 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. establish the legal validity of (wills and other documents)
    • Equivalent
    court of probate   
    Verb Form
    probated    probates    probating   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    prorogue    defer    holdover    postpone    put over   
    Cross Reference
    probate act    probate courts    probate judge    probate in common form   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    proof   
    Same Context
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    appellate    assize    chancery    habeas    class-action   
     
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