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noun Probate n. 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. (b)The right or jurisdiction of proving wills.
verb Probate 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.
adjective Probate adj. 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.)
Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48
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