Probate word meaning and definition

[noun] the act of proving that an instrument purporting to be a will was signed and executed in accord with legal requirements
[noun] a judicial certificate saying that a will is genuine and conferring on the executors the power to administer the estate
[verb] establish the legal validity of; as of a will, etc.
[verb] put a convicted person on probation by suspending his sentence

\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.
\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.]
\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.

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