Definition of Probate. Meaning of Probate. Synonyms of Probate

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Definition of Probate

Probate
Probate Pro"bate, n. [From L. probatus, p. p. of probare to prove. See Prove.] 1. Proof. [Obs.] --Skelton. 2. (Law) (a) 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. --Bouvier. --Burrill. (b) The right or jurisdiction of proving wills.
Probate
Probate Pro"bate, 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.
Probate
Probate Pro"bate, a. Of or belonging to a probate, or court of probate; as, a probate record. Probate Court, or Court of Probate, a court for the probate of wills. Probate duty, a government tax on property passing by will. [Eng.]

Meaning of Probate from wikipedia

- In common law jurisdictions, probate is the judicial process whereby a will is "proved" in a court of law and accepted as a valid public do****ent that...
- Look up probate court in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A probate court (sometimes called a surrogate court) is a court that has competence in a jurisdiction...
- and Probate, Divorce and Admiralty divisions. In 1880, the Common Pleas and Exchequer divisions were abolished, leaving three divisions. The Probate, Divorce...
- Probate Calendar is a register of proved wills and administrations in England and Wales since 1858. The probate calendar was created by the Probate Registry...
- The Old Probate Registry is a former probate office in Llandaff, Cardiff, Wales. Dating from 1863, it was designed by John Prichard, the diocesan architect...
- legislatively created Probate Courts. If a particular county did not create a special Probate court, the jurisdiction over the probate stays with the Chancery...
- history of the courts of England and Wales, the Court of Probate was created by the Court of Probate Act 1857, which transferred the jurisdiction of the ecclesiastical...
- Probate Act 1857 (20 & 21 Vict. c. 77) was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It transferred responsibility for the granting of probate,...
- The Uniform Probate Code (commonly abbreviated UPC) is a uniform act drafted by National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws (NCCUSL) governing...
- self-proved – in solemn form with affidavits of subscribing witnesses to avoid probate. notarial – will in public form and prepared by a civil-law notary (civil-law...