noun. The legal process by which the validity of a will is established.

noun. Judicial certification of the validity of a will.

transitive verb. To establish the validity of (a will) by probate.

adjective. Of or relating to probate or to a probate court.

Proved; approved.

Relating to the proof or establishment of wills and testaments: as, probate duties.

noun. Proof.

noun. In law, official proof of a will.

transitive verb. To obtain the official approval of, as of an instrument purporting to be the last will and testament.

noun. Proof.

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noun. 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.

noun. The right or jurisdiction of proving wills.

adjective. Of or belonging to a probate, or court of probate.

adjective. a court for the probate of wills.

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adjective. a government tax on property passing by will.

noun. The legal process of verifying the legality of a will.

noun. A copy of a legally recognised and qualified will.

noun. Short for probate court.

verb. To establish the legality of (a will).

verb. put a convicted person on probation by suspending his sentence

noun. a judicial certificate saying that a will is genuine and conferring on the executors the power to administer the estate

noun. the act of proving that an instrument purporting to be a will was signed and executed in accord with legal requirements

verb. establish the legal validity of (wills and other documents)

"There is in every county a probate court held by a _judge of probate_, whose duties relate to the proving of wills and the settling of the estates of persons deceased."

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