probate

Nouns

  • (n) a judicial certificate saying that a will is genuine and conferring on the executors the power to administer the estate probate will,
  • (n) the act of proving that an instrument purporting to be a will was signed and executed in accord with legal requirements

Verbs

  • (v) put a convicted person on probation by suspending his sentence
  • (v) establish the legal validity of (wills and other documents)

Synonyms

probate will

Words of close approximity

probate court probate will