probates

Meanings

Noun

• a judicial certificate saying that a will is genuine and conferring on the executors the power to administer the estate
• the act of proving that an instrument purporting to be a will was signed and executed in accord with legal requirements
• plural of probate

Verb

• put a convicted person on probation by suspending his sentence
• establish the legal validity of (wills and other documents)
• third-person singular simple present indicative of probate

Synonyms

probate, probate will