Category:Probate

Pro"bate, n. Etym: [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.

Probate Pro"bate, a.

Defn: 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.]

Probate Pro"bate v. t.

Defn: 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.