probate

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I - noun

1. a judicial certificate saying that a will is genuine and conferring on the executors the power to administer the estate
• Syn:
probate will
• Topics:
law, jurisprudence
• Hypernyms:
certificate, certification, credential, credentials
2. the act of proving that an instrument purporting to be a will was signed and executed in accord with legal requirements
• Hypernyms:
validation, proof, substantiation

II - verb

1. put a convicted person on probation by suspending his sentence
• Derivationally related forms:
probation
• Hypernyms:
postpone, prorogue, hold over, put over, table,
shelve, set back, defer, remit, put off
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
2. establish the legal validity of (wills and other documents)
• Derivationally related forms:
probative
• Topics:
law, jurisprudence
• Hypernyms:
validate, formalize, formalise
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something