probate

noun

1. the act or process of proving before a duly authorized person that a document submitted for official certification and registration, esp. a will, is genuine
2. the judicial certification of a will
3. a certified copy of a probated will
4. ☆ all matters coming under the jurisdiction of probate courts

adjective

transitive verb probated, probating

1. to establish officially the genuineness or validity of (a will)
2. ☆ popularly to certify in a probate court as mentally unsound