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Meaning Of Probate
n.
Proof.
n.
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.
n.
The right or jurisdiction of proving wills.
a.
Of or belonging to a probate, or court of probate; as, a
probate record.
v. t.
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.