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probate |
4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Probate \Pro"bate\, n. [From 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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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 From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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.] From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: probate n 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 v 1: put a convicted person on probation by suspending his sentence 2: establish the legal validity of as of a will etc
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