Definitions For Probate

noun

• The act of proving that an instrument purporting to be a will was signed and executed in accord with legal requirements
• A judicial certificate saying that a will is genuine and conferring on the executors the power to administer the estate
• The process of proving in court that the will of a person who has died is valid

verb

• Establish the legal validity of (wills and other documents)
• Put a convicted person on probation by suspending his sentence
• To prove that (a will) is valid before a probate court