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probate
noun(pro-bate)
the action or process of proving before a competent judicial authority that a document offered for official recognition and registration as the last will and testament of a deceased person is genuine; broadly : the process of administering an estate
probate
noun(pro-bate)
the judicial determination of the validity of a will
probate
noun(pro-bate)
the officially authenticated copy of a probated will
probate
verb(pro-bate)
to establish (a will) by probate as genuine and valid
probate
verb(pro-bate)
to put (a convicted offender) on probation
probate
noun(pro-bate)
a court that has jurisdiction chiefly over the probate of wills and administration of deceased persons' estates

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