PROBATE

Probate

Probate is a legal document. Receipt of probate is the first step in the legal process of administering the estate of a deceased person, resolving all claims and distributing the deceased person's property under a will. A probate court decides the legal validity of a testator's will and grants its approval by granting probate to the executor. The probated will becomes a legal document that may be enforced by the executor in the law-courts if necessary. A probate also officially appoints the executor, generally named in the will, as having legal power to dispose of the testator's assets in the manner specified in the testator's will. However,through the probate ...

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probate

Noun

  1. The legal process of verifying the legality of a will.
  2. A copy of a legally recognised and qualified will.
  3. proof

Verb

  1. To establish the legality of (a will).


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