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

Etymology: ME probat < L probatus, pp. of probare, to prove: see probe

adjective

transitive verb probated -·bat′ed, probating -·bat′·ing

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