Definitions For Probate

noun

  • The act of proving that an instrument purporting to be a will was signed and executed in accord with legal requirements
  • A judicial certificate saying that a will is genuine and conferring on the executors the power to administer the estate
  • The process of proving in court that the will of a person who has died is valid

verb

  • Establish the legal validity of (wills and other documents)
  • Put a convicted person on probation by suspending his sentence
  • To prove that (a will) is valid before a probate court

Is Probates a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary YES

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
12
Words with Friends
14

The word Probate is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends

Examples of Probate in a Sentence

  • Her will was offered for probate by the relatives.
  • The case will now go to probate.
  • The court will probate the will.

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