Probate

n.	1.
	1.	Proof.
	2.	(Law) 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.
a.	1.	Of or belonging to a probate, or court of probate; as, a probate record. Probate Court a court for the probate of wills. Probate duty a government tax on property passing by will.
v. t.	1.	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.

Noun	1.	probate - a judicial certificate saying that a will is genuine and conferring on the executors the power to administer the estate Synonyms: probate will
	2.	probate - the act of proving that an instrument purporting to be a will was signed and executed in accord with legal requirements
Verb	1.	probate - put a convicted person on probation by suspending his sentence
	2.	probate - establish the legal validity of (wills and other documents)

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