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pro·bate

(prō′bāt′)

1. The legal process by which the validity of a will is established.

2. Judicial certification of the validity of a will.

tr.v. pro·bat·ed, pro·bat·ing, pro·bates

To establish the validity of (a will) by probate.

adj.

Of or relating to probate or to a probate court: probate law; a probate judge.

[Middle English probat, from Latin probātum, neuter past participle of probāre, to prove; see prove.]

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probate

(ˈprəʊbɪt; -beɪt)

1. (Law) the act or process of officially proving the authenticity and validity of a will

2. (Law)

a. the official certificate stating a will to be genuine and conferring on the executors power to administer the estate

b. the probate copy of a will

3. (Law) (in the US) all matters within the jurisdiction of a probate court

4. (Law) (modifier) of, relating to, or concerned with probate: probate value; a probate court.

(Law) (tr) chiefly US and Canadian to establish officially the authenticity and validity of (a will)

[C15: from Latin probāre to inspect]

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pro•bate

(ˈproʊ beɪt)

n., adj., v. -bat•ed, -bat•ing. n.

1. the official proving of a will as authentic or valid in a probate court.

adj.

2. of or pertaining to probate or a probate court.

v.t.

3. to establish the authenticity or validity of (a will).

[1400–50; late Middle English probat < Latin probātum, n. use of neuter past participle of probāre to examine, prove; see -ate¹]

probate

- The official proving of a will, from Latin probatum, "thing proved."

probate

Past participle: probated
Gerund: probating

Imperative
probate
probate

Present
I probate
you probate
he/she/it probates
we probate
you probate
they probate

Preterite
I probated
you probated
he/she/it probated
we probated
you probated
they probated

Present Continuous
I am probating
you are probating
he/she/it is probating
we are probating
you are probating
they are probating

Present Perfect
I have probated
you have probated
he/she/it has probated
we have probated
you have probated
they have probated

Past Continuous
I was probating
you were probating
he/she/it was probating
we were probating
you were probating
they were probating

Past Perfect
I had probated
you had probated
he/she/it had probated
we had probated
you had probated
they had probated

Future
I will probate
you will probate
he/she/it will probate
we will probate
you will probate
they will probate

Future Perfect
I will have probated
you will have probated
he/she/it will have probated
we will have probated
you will have probated
they will have probated

Future Continuous
I will be probating
you will be probating
he/she/it will be probating
we will be probating
you will be probating
they will be probating

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been probating
you have been probating
he/she/it has been probating
we have been probating
you have been probating
they have been probating

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been probating
you will have been probating
he/she/it will have been probating
we will have been probating
you will have been probating
they will have been probating

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been probating
you had been probating
he/she/it had been probating
we had been probating
you had been probating
they had been probating

Conditional
I would probate
you would probate
he/she/it would probate
we would probate
you would probate
they would probate

Past Conditional
I would have probated
you would have probated
he/she/it would have probated
we would have probated
you would have probated
they would have probated

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probate

The process of legally establishing the validity of a person’s will.

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Noun	1.	probate - a judicial certificate saying that a will is genuine and conferring on the executors the power to administer the estate probate will certificate, credential, credentials, certification - a document attesting to the truth of certain stated facts law, jurisprudence - the collection of rules imposed by authority; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order"
	2.	probate - the act of proving that an instrument purporting to be a will was signed and executed in accord with legal requirements validation, substantiation, proof - the act of validating; finding or testing the truth of something
Verb	1.	probate - put a convicted person on probation by suspending his sentence postpone, prorogue, put off, defer, set back, shelve, table, put over, remit, hold over - hold back to a later time; "let's postpone the exam"
	2.	probate - establish the legal validity of (wills and other documents) law, jurisprudence - the collection of rules imposed by authority; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order" validate, formalise, formalize - declare or make legally valid

Translations

autentificazione

probate

[ˈprəʊbɪt]

A. N (Jur) → validación f de un testamento, validación f testamentaria
to value sth for probate → evaluar algo para la validación testamentaria

B. CPD probate court N → tribunal m de testamentarías

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

probate

[ˈprəʊbeɪt] n → validation f, homologation f

probate

n (= examination) → gerichtliche Testamentsbestätigung; (= will) → beglaubigte Testamentsabschrift; grant of probate → Erbscheinerteilung f

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

probate

[ˈprəʊbɪt] n (Law) → omologazione f (di un testamento)

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This high office, as well as those of lieutenant-governor, councillor, and judge of probate, was filled by Hutchinson.

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Some well-intentioned men in this State, deriving their notions from the language and forms which obtain in our courts, have been induced to consider it as an implied supersedure of the trial by jury, in favor of the civil-law mode of trial, which prevails in our courts of admiralty, probate, and chancery.

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He, two others, and myself, started to the new silver mines in the Humboldt mountains--he to be Probate Judge of Humboldt county, and we to mine.

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'Well,' said the cobbler, 'when I was going to take out a probate of the will, the nieces and nevys, who was desperately disappointed at not getting all the money, enters a caveat against it.'

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We were a little like undertakers, in the Commons, as regarded Probate transactions; generally making it a rule to look more or less cut up, when we had to deal with clients in mourning.

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