probate

noun
🔊/ˈprəʊbeɪt/
🔊/ˈprəʊbeɪt/
[uncountable] (law法律)
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  1. the fact of officially proving that a will (= a legal document that says what is to happen to a person’s property when they die) is correct according to the law遗嘱认证;遗嘱检验
    • to grant probate核准遗嘱验证
    • to get/obtain probate获得/获得遗嘱认证
    Topics Law and justicec2
    Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin probatum ‘something proved’, neuter past participle of probare ‘to test, prove’.

probate

verb
🔊/ˈprəʊbeɪt/
🔊/ˈprəʊbeɪt/
(North American English, law法律)
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they probate
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he / she / it probates
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past simple probated
🔊/ˈprəʊbeɪtɪd/
🔊/ˈprəʊbeɪtɪd/
past participle probated
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-ing form probating
🔊/ˈprəʊbeɪtɪŋ/
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  1. probate something to prove that a will (= a legal document that says what is to happen to a person's property when they die) is correct according to the law核实(或检验)遗嘱
    Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin probatum ‘something proved’, neuter past participle of probare ‘to test, prove’.