Probate

v. validate a last will and testament; put on probation, grant a conditional release from jail

n. official certification of the validity of a last will and testament

Probate is the legal process of settling the estate of a deceased person, specifically resolving all claims and distributing the decedent's property.
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Noun
1. a judicial certificate saying that a will is genuine and conferring on the executors the power to administer the estate
(synonym) probate will
(hypernym) certificate, certification, credential, credentials
(classification) law, jurisprudence
2. the act of proving that an instrument purporting to be a will was signed and executed in accord with legal requirements
(hypernym) validation, proof, substantiation
Verb
1. put a convicted person on probation by suspending his sentence
(hypernym) postpone, prorogue, hold over, put over, table, shelve, set back, defer, remit, put off
(derivation) probation
2. establish the legal validity of (wills and other documents)
(hypernym) validate, formalize, formalise
(derivation) probate will
(classification) law, jurisprudence

adj. tested, tried, checked; subjected to an examination

(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.
  

(n.)
The right or jurisdiction of proving wills.
  

(n.)
Proof.
  

(n.)
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.)
Of or belonging to a probate, or court of probate; as, a probate record.