Associations to the word «Probate»
Noun
- Estate
- Will
- Testament
- Court
- Lawyer
- Registrar
- Chancery
- Surrogate
- Wills
- Admiralty
- Judge
- Divorce
- Property
- Registry
- Beneficiary
- Judges
- Jurisdiction
- Bother
- Litigation
- Coroner
- Death
- Deceased
- Avoidance
- Inventory
- Juvenile
- Clerk
- Solicitor
- Felony
- Exchequer
- Attorney
- Bankruptcy
- Creditor
- Courthouse
- Treasurer
- Adoption
- Heir
- Suffolk
- Forgery
- Superior
- Sheriff
- Magistrate
- Inheritance
- Postmaster
- Excise
- Ordinary
- Vermont
- Alabama
- Asset
- Trust
- Rutland
- Spouse
- Proceeding
- Custody
- Fairfield
- Middlesex
- Auditor
- County
- Impeachment
- Directive
- Valuation
- License
- Circuit
- Administration
- Parchment
- Equity
- Connecticut
- Fee
- Petition
- Criminal
- Register
- Plaintiff
- Justice
- Hooper
- Deed
- Statute
- Legislature
Adjective
Adverb
Wiktionary
PROBATE, noun. (legal) The legal process of verifying the legality of a will.
PROBATE, noun. (legal) A copy of a legally recognised and qualified will.
PROBATE, noun. Short for probate court.
PROBATE, noun. (obsolete) proof
PROBATE, verb. (transitive) To establish the legality of (a will).
PROBATE COURT, noun. (legal) A court (tribunal) whose function is to administer estates (property of a decedent) and prove wills
PROBATE COURTS, noun. Plural of probate court
Dictionary definition
PROBATE, noun. A judicial certificate saying that a will is genuine and conferring on the executors the power to administer the estate.
PROBATE, noun. The act of proving that an instrument purporting to be a will was signed and executed in accord with legal requirements.
PROBATE, verb. Put a convicted person on probation by suspending his sentence.
PROBATE, verb. Establish the legal validity of (wills and other documents).
Wise words
Life has no meaning unless one lives it with a will, at
least to the limit of one's will. Virtue, good, evil are
nothing but words, unless one takes them apart in order to
build something with them; they do not win their true
meaning until one knows how to apply them.