probate

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/

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• (obsolete) IPA^(key): /ˈpɹəʊbɪt/, /ˈpɹəʊbət/
• Rhymes: -əʊbeɪt

Noun

probate (countable and uncountable, plural probates)

1. (law) The legal process of verifying the legality of a will.
2. (law) A copy of a legally recognised and qualified will.
3. Clipping of probate court.
4. (obsolete) proof
   • a. 1529, John Skelton, Garlande of Laurell

     Macrobius that did trete
     Of Scipions dreme what was the treu probate

Translations

legal process of verifying the legality of a will

Bulgarian: легализиране n (legalizirane) Chinese: Mandarin: 遺囑檢驗／遗嘱检验 (yízhǔ jiǎnyàn), 遺囑認證／遗嘱认证 (yízhǔ rènzhèng) Finnish: testamentin vahvistaminen German: Testamantseröffnung f Hungarian: hagyatéki eljárás, örökösödési eljárás, végrendelet bírói hitelesítése/megerősítése Maori: whakamananga wira, whakamanatanga wira Russian: утвержде́ние завеща́ния (utverždénije zaveščánija)

copy of a legally recognised will

Chinese: Mandarin: 經檢驗的遺囑文本／经检验的遗嘱文本 (jīng jiǎnyàn de yízhǔ wénběn) Finnish: vahvistettu testamentti German: Testamentsabschrift f Russian: please add this translation if you can

probate court — see probate court

Verb

probate (third-person singular simple present probates, present participle probating, simple past and past participle probated)

1. (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

Chinese: Mandarin: 檢驗／检验 (zh) (jiǎnyàn), 認證／认证 (zh) (rènzhèng) Finnish: vahvistaa testamentti Hungarian: bíróilag megerősít/hitelesít Russian: please add this translation if you can

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

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Danish

Adjective

probate

1. inflection of probat:
   1. definite singular
   2. plural

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Latin

Verb

probāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of probō