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probate

English

  1. 🔊 the act of proving that an instrument purporting to be a will was signed and executed in accord with legal requirements
  2. 🔊 a judicial certificate saying that a will is genuine and conferring on the executors the power to administer the estate
  3. 🔊 establish the legal validity of (wills and other documents)
  4. 🔊 put a convicted person on probation by suspending his sentence

Similar words

probate will affirm attest attested copy authenticate back back up bear out bequeathal bequest bolster buttress certify circumstantiate codicil confirm corroborate devise document fortify inheritance legacy prove ratify