Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The legal process by which the validity of a will is established.
- noun Judicial certification of the validity of a will.
- transitive verb To establish the validity of (a will) by probate.
- adjective Of or relating to probate or to a probate court.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Proved; approved.
- Relating to the proof or establishment of wills and testaments: as, probate duties.
- noun Proof.
- noun In law, official proof of a will.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To obtain the official approval of, as of an instrument purporting to be the last will and testament.
- noun obsolete Proof.
- noun 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.
- noun The right or jurisdiction of proving wills.
- adjective Of or belonging to a probate, or court of probate.
- adjective a court for the probate of wills.
- adjective [Eng.] a government tax on property passing by will.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun law The
legal process ofverifying thelegality of awill . - noun law A copy of a legally recognised and qualified will.
- noun Short for
probate court . - verb transitive To establish the legality of (a will).
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb put a convicted person on probation by suspending his sentence
- noun a judicial certificate saying that a will is genuine and conferring on the executors the power to administer the estate
- noun the act of proving that an instrument purporting to be a will was signed and executed in accord with legal requirements
- verb establish the legal validity of (wills and other documents)
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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There is in every county a probate court held by a _judge of probate_, whose duties relate to the proving of wills and the settling of the estates of persons deceased.
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Nor can you get a jury trial in probate and child support cases.
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Nor can you get a jury trial in probate and child support cases.
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After his wife died, his assets became tied up in probate and divorce proceedings.
National disgrace David 2006
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If anything, as the formal court system developed, women's petitioning on the southern Avalon dwindled away, except in probate and administration matters, which surged in the 1820s, 30s, and 40s.
Gutenber-e Help Page 2005
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He again lost, but during the campaign he complained to the Portland Evening Express that whenever he called the probate office, Mulkern was "never there."
Knox Al Diamon 2009
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* inheritance of jointly-owned real and personal property through the right of survivorship (which avoids the time and expense and taxes in probate);
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The essence of probate is this: A dead person can’t transfer title to property.
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A revocable living trust can help you manage your assets during your lifetime -- and then bypass the sometimes expensive and time-consuming process of settling your estate, known as probate, after your death.
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And what this document basically showed was that Armand Hammer had secret bank accounts in Switzerland in which he was paying his different families and mistresses out of and that he had a will that never showed up in his probate, which is one -- you know, I mentioned before that Hilary Gibson got a very nice settlement.
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