probate C2 Topic:Law & Government US /ˈpɹoʊbeɪt/ UK /ˈpɹəʊbeɪt/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 noun the legal process of establishing that a deceased person's will is valid The executor applied for probate before distributing the property named in the will. 2 noun an officially authenticated copy of a will that has been accepted as valid The lawyer kept the probate with the other estate documents. 3 noun a shortened name for a probate court, which deals with wills and estates The dispute went to probate after the relatives challenged the will. 4 noun obsolete: proof or evidence that something is true The seal was accepted as probate of his authority. 5 verb to establish through a legal process that a deceased person's will is valid They asked the court to probate the will. Thesaurus Synonyms 2 noun · an officially authenticated... authenticated copy of a will 3 noun · a shortened name for a... probate court 4 noun · obsolete: proof or evidence... proofevidence 5 verb · to establish through a... prove a willvalidate a will Word family Forms probatedprobatesprobating Derived forms probatesprobatedprobating Related forms willexecutorestateinheritanceprove Common collocations probate court Noun + noun Etymology From Middle English probate, ultimately from Latin probatus, the past participle of probare (to test or prove). Topics Law & Government External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # probate **Type:** Word **Level:** C2 **Part of speech:** noun, verb **IPA (US):** /ˈpɹoʊbeɪt/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈpɹəʊbeɪt/ ## Meanings 1. the legal process of establishing that a deceased person's will is valid 2. an officially authenticated copy of a will that has been accepted as valid 3. a shortened name for a probate court, which deals with wills and estates 4. obsolete: proof or evidence that something is true 5. to establish through a legal process that a deceased person's will is valid ## Examples - The executor applied for probate before distributing the property named in the will. - The lawyer kept the probate with the other estate documents. - The dispute went to probate after the relatives challenged the will. - The seal was accepted as probate of his authority. - They asked the court to probate the will. ## Synonyms - authenticated copy of a will - probate court - proof - evidence - prove a will - validate a will ## Derived Forms - probates - probated - probating ## Related Forms - will - executor - estate - inheritance - prove ## Etymology From Middle English probate, ultimately from Latin probatus, the past participle of probare (to test or prove). ## Topics - Law & Government markdown