"probate" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈpɹəʊbeɪt/, /ˈpɹəʊbɪt/ [obsolete], /ˈpɹəʊbət/ [obsolete] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-probate.wav [Southern-England] Forms: probates [plural]
Rhymes: -əʊbeɪt Etymology: From Middle English probate, from Latin probatus, past participle of probare (“to test, examine, judge of”); see probe, prove. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*bʰuH-}}, {{inh|en|enm|probate}} Middle English probate, {{der|en|la|probatus}} Latin probatus, {{m|la|probare||to test, examine, judge of}} probare (“to test, examine, judge of”), {{m|en|probe}} probe, {{m|en|prove}} prove Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} probate (countable and uncountable, plural probates)
  1. (law) The legal process of verifying the legality of a will. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Law, Property law Translations (legal process of verifying the legality of a will): легализиране (legalizirane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), 遺囑檢驗 (Chinese Mandarin), 遗嘱检验 (yízhǔ jiǎnyàn) (Chinese Mandarin), 遺囑認證 (Chinese Mandarin), 遗嘱认证 (yízhǔ rènzhèng) (Chinese Mandarin), testamentin vahvistaminen (Finnish), Testamantseröffnung [feminine] (German), hagyatéki eljárás (Hungarian), örökösödési eljárás (Hungarian), whakamananga wira (Maori), whakamanatanga wira (Maori), утвержде́ние завеща́ния (utverždénije zaveščánija) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-probate-en-noun-Svrd1uGJ Disambiguation of Property law: 32 17 34 11 5 Topics: law Disambiguation of 'legal process of verifying the legality of a will': 97 2 1 0
  2. (law) A copy of a legally recognised and qualified will. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Law, Property law Translations (copy of a legally recognised will): 經檢驗的遺囑文本 (Chinese Mandarin), 经检验的遗嘱文本 (jīng jiǎnyàn de yízhǔ wénběn) (Chinese Mandarin), vahvistettu testamentti (Finnish), Testamentsabschrift [feminine] (German)
    Sense id: en-probate-en-noun-ElY6bHGy Disambiguation of Property law: 32 17 34 11 5 Topics: law Disambiguation of 'copy of a legally recognised will': 9 89 2 0
  3. Clipping of probate court. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, countable, uncountable Alternative form of: probate court Categories (topical): Inheritance law, Property law
    Sense id: en-probate-en-noun-Qo5lJue6 Disambiguation of Inheritance law: 29 15 39 10 7 Disambiguation of Property law: 32 17 34 11 5
  4. (obsolete) Proof. Tags: countable, obsolete, uncountable Categories (topical): Property law
    Sense id: en-probate-en-noun-6v1LY-dq Disambiguation of Property law: 32 17 34 11 5

Verb

IPA: /ˈpɹəʊbeɪt/, /ˈpɹəʊbɪt/ [obsolete], /ˈpɹəʊbət/ [obsolete] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-probate.wav [Southern-England] Forms: probates [present, singular, third-person], probating [participle, present], probated [participle, past], probated [past]
Rhymes: -əʊbeɪt Etymology: From Middle English probate, from Latin probatus, past participle of probare (“to test, examine, judge of”); see probe, prove. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*bʰuH-}}, {{inh|en|enm|probate}} Middle English probate, {{der|en|la|probatus}} Latin probatus, {{m|la|probare||to test, examine, judge of}} probare (“to test, examine, judge of”), {{m|en|probe}} probe, {{m|en|prove}} prove Head templates: {{en-verb}} probate (third-person singular simple present probates, present participle probating, simple past and past participle probated)
  1. (transitive) To establish the legality of (a will). Tags: transitive Derived forms: probate court, probate duty, probate judge, probate law Related terms: probe, probation, prove Translations (establish the legality of a will): 檢驗 (Chinese Mandarin), 检验 (jiǎnyàn) (Chinese Mandarin), 認證 (Chinese Mandarin), 认证 (rènzhèng) (Chinese Mandarin), vahvistaa testamentti (Finnish), bíróilag megerősít/hitelesít (Hungarian)
    Sense id: en-probate-en-verb-doXozo3b

Inflected forms

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        ],
        [
          "legal",
          "legal"
        ],
        [
          "process",
          "process"
        ],
        [
          "verifying",
          "verifying"
        ],
        [
          "legality",
          "legality"
        ],
        [
          "will",
          "will"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(law) The legal process of verifying the legality of a will."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "law"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Law"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A copy of a legally recognised and qualified will."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "law",
          "law#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(law) A copy of a legally recognised and qualified will."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "law"
      ]
    },
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "probate court"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "English clippings"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Clipping of probate court."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "probate court",
          "probate court#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "abbreviation",
        "alt-of",
        "clipping",
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with obsolete senses",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "a. 1529, John Skelton, Garlande of Laurell",
          "roman": "Of Scipions dreme what was the treu probate",
          "text": "Macrobius that did trete",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Proof."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Proof",
          "proof"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete) Proof."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "obsolete",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpɹəʊbeɪt/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpɹəʊbɪt/",
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpɹəʊbət/",
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-əʊbeɪt"
    },
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      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "legalizirane",
      "sense": "legal process of verifying the legality of a will",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "легализиране"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "legal process of verifying the legality of a will",
      "word": "遺囑檢驗"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "yízhǔ jiǎnyàn",
      "sense": "legal process of verifying the legality of a will",
      "word": "遗嘱检验"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "legal process of verifying the legality of a will",
      "word": "遺囑認證"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "yízhǔ rènzhèng",
      "sense": "legal process of verifying the legality of a will",
      "word": "遗嘱认证"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "legal process of verifying the legality of a will",
      "word": "testamentin vahvistaminen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "legal process of verifying the legality of a will",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Testamantseröffnung"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "legal process of verifying the legality of a will",
      "word": "hagyatéki eljárás"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "legal process of verifying the legality of a will",
      "word": "örökösödési eljárás"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "note": "végrendelet bírói hitelesítése/megerősítése",
      "sense": "legal process of verifying the legality of a will"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "legal process of verifying the legality of a will",
      "word": "whakamananga wira"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "legal process of verifying the legality of a will",
      "word": "whakamanatanga wira"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "utverždénije zaveščánija",
      "sense": "legal process of verifying the legality of a will",
      "word": "утвержде́ние завеща́ния"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "copy of a legally recognised will",
      "word": "經檢驗的遺囑文本"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "jīng jiǎnyàn de yízhǔ wénběn",
      "sense": "copy of a legally recognised will",
      "word": "经检验的遗嘱文本"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "copy of a legally recognised will",
      "word": "vahvistettu testamentti"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "copy of a legally recognised will",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Testamentsabschrift"
    }
  ],
  "word": "probate"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "en:Inheritance law",
    "en:Property law"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "probate court"
    },
    {
      "word": "probate duty"
    },
    {
      "word": "probate judge"
    },
    {
      "word": "probate law"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*bʰuH-"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "probate"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English probate",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "probatus"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin probatus",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "probare",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to test, examine, judge of"
      },
      "expansion": "probare (“to test, examine, judge of”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "probe"
      },
      "expansion": "probe",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "prove"
      },
      "expansion": "prove",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English probate, from Latin probatus, past participle of probare (“to test, examine, judge of”); see probe, prove.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "probates",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "probating",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "probated",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "probated",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "probate (third-person singular simple present probates, present participle probating, simple past and past participle probated)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "probe"
    },
    {
      "word": "probation"
    },
    {
      "word": "prove"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To establish the legality of (a will)."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To establish the legality of (a will)."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpɹəʊbeɪt/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpɹəʊbɪt/",
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpɹəʊbət/",
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-əʊbeɪt"
    },
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      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "establish the legality of a will",
      "word": "檢驗"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "jiǎnyàn",
      "sense": "establish the legality of a will",
      "word": "检验"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "establish the legality of a will",
      "word": "認證"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "rènzhèng",
      "sense": "establish the legality of a will",
      "word": "认证"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "establish the legality of a will",
      "word": "vahvistaa testamentti"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "establish the legality of a will",
      "word": "bíróilag megerősít/hitelesít"
    }
  ],
  "word": "probate"
}

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