Overview of noun probate

The noun probate has 2 senses

• probate, probate will -- (a judicial certificate saying that a will is genuine and conferring on the executors the power to administer the estate)


• probate -- (the act of proving that an instrument purporting to be a will was signed and executed in accord with legal requirements)

Overview of verb probate

The verb probate has 2 senses

• probate -- (put a convicted person on probation by suspending his sentence)


• probate -- (establish the legal validity of (wills and other documents))