probate
probate
Definition
pro·bate (prō′bāt; for n., Brit, -bit)
noun
- 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
- the judicial certification of a will
- a certified copy of a probated will
- ☆ all matters coming under the jurisdiction of probate courts
Etymology: ME probat < L probatus, pp. of probare, to prove: see probe
adjective
having to do with probate or a probate court
transitive verb -·bat′ed, -·bat′·ing
- to establish officially the genuineness or validity of (a will)
- ☆ popularly to certify in a probate court as mentally unsound
probate Finance Definition
The
process of presenting a deceased persons will to a court to validate it. An
administrator, or executor, is
appointed to carry out the wills instructions.
probate
Law Definition
n
A judicial procedure by which
a will or other instrument is ruled to be valid according to legal
requirements; the proving of the validity of a will or such to the court.
probate
Usage Examples
Preposition: of
- will: The Register of his probate of wills commences with 21st November, 1553.
Converse of object
- renounce: The High Court may cite any person appointed executor by a will to prove or renounce probate of the will.
- obtain: Probate Registry When someone has died the Probate Registry supplies the forms to obtain probate.
- grant: The jurisdiction for granting probate for a will was dictated either by where the deceased owned property or where they died.
- avoid: By avoiding probate, a living trust gets your assets distributed significantly more quickly than a will does.
- include: Private Client: Offers clients guidance on international matters including probate, trust, estate and succession planning as well as tax planning advice.
- get: If you have to get probate, this document becomes public property.
Adjective modifier
- contentious: There are two main areas of legal action in the field of contentious probate.
- simple: This is not always the case and many simple probates are finished quite easily in a month or so.
- contested: Other areas of litigation, where ADR might be suitable, were suggested, including contested probate, libel and defamation.
Modifies a noun
- registry: Example - type probate registry to find the exact phrase probate registry.
- inventory: He had lived quite simply for the probate inventory of his house contents were valued at only £ 28.
- valuation: Probate valuations These can be carried out on instruction from the executors to include advice on all property related matters.
- jurisdiction: In 1858 the probate jurisdiction of the ecclesiastical courts was brought to an end.
- solicitor: They have also been working closely with probate solicitors who actually draft most wills.
- record: Probate records are often the key to opening previous dead ends in family history research.
Noun used with modifier
- district: After 1858 wills were registered and proved in the national and district probate registries.
- specialist: For names of local specialist probate lawyers contact The Law Society Group of Probate Lawyers.
- date: If probate has been granted for the deceased person's estate, the date probate was granted.
- term: The term probate often means the issuing of a legal document to one or more people authorizing them to do this.
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- Problem of Ascertainment
