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Probate \Pro"bate\, n. [From L. probatus, p. p. of probare to
prove. See {Prove}.]
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1. Proof. [Obs.] --Skelton.
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2. (Law)
(a) 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. --Bouvier. --Burrill.
(b) The right or jurisdiction of proving wills.
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Probate \Pro"bate\, a.
Of or belonging to a probate, or court of probate; as, a
probate record.
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{Probate Court}, or {Court of Probate}, a court for the
probate of wills.

{Probate duty}, a government tax on property passing by will.
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Probate \Pro"bate\, v. t.
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.
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