probate

English

Etymology

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From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin probatus, past participle of probare (“to test, examine, judge of”); see probe, prove.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -əʊbeɪt

Noun

probate (countable and uncountable, plural probates)

1. (law) The legal process of verifying the legality of a will.
2. (law) A copy of a legally recognised and qualified will.
3. Clipping of probate court.
4. (obsolete) proof

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Translations

legal process of verifying the legality of a will

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 遺囑檢驗／遗嘱检验 (yízhǔ jiǎnyàn), 遗嘱检验 (yízhǔ jiǎnyàn), 遺囑認證／遗嘱认证 (yízhǔ rènzhèng), 遗嘱认证 (yízhǔ rènzhèng)

• Finnish: testamentin vahvistaminen
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• Hungarian: hagyatéki eljárás, örökösödési eljárás, végrendelet bírói hitelesítése/megerősítése
• Russian: утвержде́ние завеща́ния (utverždénije zaveščánija)

copy of a legally recognised will

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 經檢驗的遺囑文本／经检验的遗嘱文本, 经检验的遗嘱文本 (jīng jiǎnyàn de yízhǔ wénběn)

• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Finnish: vahvistettu testamentti
• Russian: please add this translation if you can

probate court — see probate court

Verb

probate (third-person singular simple present probat, present participle ing, simple past and past participle probated)

1. (transitive) To establish the legality of (a will).

Derived terms

Derived terms

• probate court
• probate duty

• probate judge
• probate law

Related terms

• probe
• probation
• prove

Translations

establish the legality of a will

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 檢驗／检验 (zh) (jiǎnyàn), 检验 (zh) (jiǎnyàn), 認證／认证 (zh) (rènzhèng), 认证 (zh) (rènzhèng)

• Finnish: vahvistaa testamentti
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Hungarian: bíróilag megerősít/hitelesít
• Russian: please add this translation if you can

Further reading

• “probate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “probate”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

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Danish

Adjective

probate

1. inflection of probat:
   1. definite singular
   2. plural

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Latin

Verb

(deprecated template usage) probāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of probō