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nouna judicial certificate saying that a will is genuine and conferring on the executors the power to administer the estate
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verbestablish the legal validity of (wills and other documents)
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verbput a convicted person on probation by suspending his sentence
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nounthe act of proving that an instrument purporting to be a will was signed and executed in accord with legal requirementstype of:
Definition that contains probate
- prove obtain probate of
- ordinary a judge of a probate court
- administrator the party appointed by a probate court to distribute the estate of someone who dies without a will or without naming an executor
- scapegrace a reckless and unprincipled reprobate
- letters testamentary a legal document from a probate court or court officer informing you of your appointment as executor of a will and empowering you to discharge those responsibilities
- probate court a court having jurisdiction over the probate of wills and the administration of estates
- right of election in probate law: the legal right of a surviving spouse to elect to take either what the deceased spouse gave under the will or the share of the estate as set forth by statute
- black sheep a reckless and unprincipled reprobate