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Probate : (noun)
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
(verb)
1: put a convicted person on probation by suspending his
sentence
2: establish the legal validity of (wills and other documents)
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Probate : \Pro"bate\, n. [Based on 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.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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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.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Probate : \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.]
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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