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.
Pro"bate, a. Of or belonging to a probate, or court of probate; as, a
probate record.
Probate Court, or Court of Probate, a court for the probate of wills.
-- Probate duty, a government tax on property passing by will. [Eng.]
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.
Pro*ba"tion (?), n. [L. probatio, fr. probare to try, examine, prove:
cf. F. probation. See Prove.]