probate
/ˈpɹəʊbeɪt/
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obsolete/ˈpɹəʊbɪt/
probate noun: the legal process of verifying the legality of a will. Also the clipping of probate court.
Noun
probate (countable and uncountable, plural probates)
- The legal process of verifying the legality of a will.
- The probate file reveals that Stephen Tetuan, attorney for the estate and author of McBride's will, wrote to Lemieux on Auust 29, 1984, encouraging him "to serve as trustee and to retain local counsel to represent your interests as trustee."1981 December 1, Micheline Justman, “Man Defends Erie Gay Will”, in Gay Community News, volume 12, number 20, page 15
- A copy of a legally recognised and qualified will.
- Proof.
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Verb
probate (third-person singular simple present probates, present participle probating, simple past and past participle probated)
- To establish the legality of (a will).
Also used as
probate is also the clipping of probate court.
probate meaning in Hindi, Marathi, Urdu and Bengali
probate in Hindi
- प्रोबेट, प्रोबेट करें
probate in Marathi
- प्रोबेट, प्रोबेट करा
probate in Urdu
- پروبیٹ, پروبیٹ کریں
probate in Bengali
- প্রোবেট, প্রবেট, প্রোবেট করুন
More languagesFewer languages
- probate in Telugu
- ప్రోబేట్, ప్రొబేట్
- probate in Malayalam
- പ്രോബേറ്റ്, പ്രൊബേറ്റ്
- probate in Kannada
- ಪ್ರೋಬೇಟ್, ಪ್ರೊಬೇಟ್
- probate in Punjabi
- ਪ੍ਰੋਬੇਟ
- probate in Gujarati
- પ્રોબેટ
- probate in Odia
- ପ୍ରୋବେଟ୍, ପ୍ରୋବେଟ
- probate in Nepali
- प्रोबेट, प्रोबेट गर्नुहोस्, प्रबेट
Forms of probate
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | probates |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | probates |
| present participle | probating |
| past participle | probated |
| past | probated |
Origin of probate
From Middle English probate, from Latin probatus, past participle of probare (“to test, examine, judge of”); see probe, prove.
Words formed from probate
- probate court
- probate duty
- probate judge
- probate law
- postprobate
- preprobate
Phrases with probate
Questions about probate
- What does probate mean?
- Probate means the legal process of verifying the legality of a will.
- What is probate in Hindi?
- Probate in Hindi is प्रोबेट, प्रोबेट करें. See Probate meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is probate?
- Probate can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce probate?
- Probate is pronounced /ˈpɹəʊbeɪt/.
- What is the plural of probate?
- The plural of probate is probates.
Words near probate in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: probate (page history and authors); probate (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); probate (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); probate (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); probate (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); probate (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); probate (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); probate (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); probate (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); probate (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); probate (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); probate (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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