I.noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Banks, building societies and insurance companies will be able to apply for probate if they have a proper complaints handling scheme. ▪ Besides, until probate is granted, all is conjecture. ▪ Clearly the objective of reducing the workload on probate courts by eliminating one class of contests is not without some legitimacy. ▪ Leffingwell even held probate court there. ▪ Miss Roybal-Allard originally wanted the ban to apply only to divorce, probate and child-custody cases. ▪ Prerogative Office, ecclesiastical court in which wills were proved and probate granted. ▪ The probate clerk sets up an index of all wills deposited. ▪ Who gets the money could be complicated, say probate attorneys. II.verb EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ All you can do is wait until your stepfather gets the will admitted to probate. ▪ The deputy judge refused to admit the document to probate.
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I.pro‧bate1 /ˈprəʊbeɪt, -bət $ ˈproʊbeɪt/ noun[UNCOUNTABLE] [date : 1300-1400; Language : Latin; Origin : probatum, from the past participle of probare; ⇨ probe2] law the legal process of deciding that someone’s will has been properly made
II.probate2verb[TRANSITIVE] American English law to prove that a will is legal
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