Probate Definition

prōbāt
probated, probates, probating
noun
probates
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.
Webster's New World
The legal process by which the validity of a will is established.
American Heritage
The judicial certification of a will.
Webster's New World
A certified copy of a probated will.
Webster's New World
All matters coming under the jurisdiction of probate courts.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
  • probate will
verb
probated
To establish officially the genuineness or validity of (a will)
Webster's New World
To certify in a probate court as mentally unsound.
Webster's New World
To establish the legality of (a will).
Wiktionary
adjective
Having to do with probate or a probate court.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Probate

Noun

Singular:
probate
Plural:
probates

Origin of Probate

  • Middle English probat from Latin probātum neuter past participle of probāre to prove prove

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Latin probatus, past participle of probare (“to test, examine, judge of"); see probe, prove.

    From Wiktionary

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