PROBATE

Definition of PROBATE

  1. (verb)put a convicted person on probation by suspending his sentence
  2. (verb)establish the legal validity of (wills and other documents)
  3. (noun)a judicial certificate saying that a will is genuine and conferring on the executors the power to administer the estate
  4. (noun)the act of proving that an instrument purporting to be a will was signed and executed in accord with legal requirements