Meaning

3 senses

  1. (countable, uncountable)The legal process of verifying the legality of a will.

    Testamantseröffnung

    утвержде́ние завеща́нияutverždénije zaveščánija

    the act of proving that an instrument purporting to be a will was signed and executed in accord with legal requirements

  2. (countable, uncountable)A copy of a legally recognised and qualified will.

    Testamentsabschrift

  3. (countable, obsolete, uncountable)Proof.

Examples

1 sentences

  1. Probate lawyers to the rescue!

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Translations

2 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
legal process of verifying the legality of a will:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
legal process of verifying the legality of a will:
copy of a legally recognised will:

Origin

From Middle English probate, from Latin probatus, past participle of probare (“to test, ex

From Middle English probate, from Latin probatus, past participle of probare (“to test, examine, judge of”); see probe, prove.

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Forms

plural: probates
Singularprobate
Pluralprobates

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a judicial certificate saying that a will is genuine and conferring on the executors the power to administer the estate:probate will

Word family

2 related words
Derivedpostprobatepreprobate

Lessons for this word

1 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
probabilityB1probableB2probablyA2probationprobeB2probiotic
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