probate pro‧bate [ˈprəʊbeɪt, -bt ǁ ˈproʊbeɪt] noun [uncountable]
LAW the process used to establish that a will (= a statement saying who you want to have your money and property when you die) has been properly made out, according to the law:
• All joint-owned property goes to the named beneficiaries without passing through probate.
— probate adjective :
• a probate court
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probate UK US /ˈprəʊbeɪt/ noun [U] LAW
► the process of managing the property, money, etc. of someone who has died and giving it to the beneficiaries (= people who should receive it): »
Unlike a will, a living trust generally does not have to go through probate.
»Statewide, 11,605 probate cases were filed last year, three-fourths of them involving estates where no will was left.
»grant/obtain probate
»a probate court/judge/lawyer
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probate UK US /ˈprəʊbeɪt/ US /ˈproʊ-/ verb [T] LAW
► in the US, to go to court to receive the authority to manage the property, money, etc. of someone who has died and give it to the beneficiaries: »
probate a will/an estate
Financial and business terms. 2012.