English Dictionary: probate | by the DICT Development Group |
4 results for probate | |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Probate \Pro"bate\, v. t. 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. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Probate \Pro"bate\, n. [From L. probatus, p. p. of probare to prove. See {Prove}.] 1. Proof. [Obs.] --Skelton. 2. (Law) (a) 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. --Bouvier. --Burrill. (b) The right or jurisdiction of proving wills. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Probate \Pro"bate\, a. Of or belonging to a probate, or court of probate; as, a probate record. {Probate Court}, [or] {Court of Probate}, a court for the probate of wills. {Probate duty}, a government tax on property passing by will. [Eng.] |