Clues for the word "PROBATE"

We've had 19 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 22 times in crosswords. It was last seen in LA Times crossword on September 30, 2024.

Definition of probate

n. - Proof.
n. - 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.
n. - The right or jurisdiction of proving wills.
a. - Of or belonging to a probate, or court of probate; as, a probate record.
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.