probate
English
Etymology
From Middle English probate, from Latin probatus, past participle of probare (“to test, examine, judge of”); see probe, prove.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpɹəʊbeɪt/
Audio (UK) (file) - (obsolete) IPA(key): /ˈpɹəʊbɪt/, /ˈpɹəʊbət/
- Rhymes: -əʊbeɪt
Noun
probate (countable and uncountable, plural probates)
- (law) The legal process of verifying the legality of a will.
- (law) A copy of a legally recognised and qualified will.
- Clipping of probate court.
- (obsolete) proof
- a. 1529, John Skelton, Garlande of Laurell
- Macrobius that did trete
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- a. 1529, John Skelton, Garlande of Laurell
Translations
legal process of verifying the legality of a will
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copy of a legally recognised will
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probate court — see probate court
Verb
probate (third-person singular simple present probates, present participle probating, simple past and past participle probated)
- (transitive) To establish the legality of (a will).
Derived terms
Derived terms
- probate court
- probate duty
- probate judge
- probate law
Related terms
- probe
- probation
- prove
Translations
establish the legality of a will
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Further reading
- probate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- probate in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911
Danish
Adjective
probate
- inflection of probat:
- definite singular
- plural
Latin
Verb
probāte
- second-person plural present active imperative of probō