Probate /(?)/

Pro·bate

Probate

n.
  1. Proof. [Obs.]
  2. Official proof; especially, the proof before a competent officer or tribunal that an instrument offered, purporting to be the last will and testament of a person deceased, is indeed his lawful act; the copy of a will proved, under the seal of the Court of Probate, delivered to the executors with a certificate of its having been proved. (Law)

Probate

a.
  1. Of or belonging to a probate, or court of probate; as, a probate record.

Phrases & Compounds
Probate Court
a court for the probate of wills.
Probate duty
a government tax on property passing by will.

Probate

v. t.
  1. To obtain the official approval of, as of an instrument purporting to be the last will and testament; as, the executor has probated the will.