noun, verb
noun [U] (law) the official process of proving that a WILL (= a legal document that says what is to happen to a person's property when they die) is valid:
to grant probate * to get / obtain probate
verb [VN] (AmE, law) to prove that a WILL is valid
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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