Definition of Probate

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Probate

Proof.

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.

The right or jurisdiction of proving wills.

Of or belonging to a probate, or court of probate; as, a probate record.

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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Probate Translations

probate in Spanish is legalizar

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