- probate, probate will - a judicial certificate saying that a will is genuine and conferring on the executors the power to administer the estate
--1 is a kind of certificate, certification, credential, credentials
Derived form: verb probate2 - probate - the act of proving that an instrument purporting to be a will was signed and executed in accord with legal requirements
--2 is a kind of validation, proof, substantiation
Derived form: verb probate2
- probate - put a convicted person on probation by suspending his sentence
--1 is one way to postpone, prorogue, hold over, put over, table, shelve, set back, defer, remit, put off
Sample sentence:Derived forms: noun probation2, noun probation3
Somebody ----s somebody
- probate - establish the legal validity of (wills and other documents)
--2 is one way to validate, formalize, formalise
Sample sentence:Derived forms: noun probate1, noun probate2
Somebody ----s something