n.
1.a judicial certificate saying that a will is genuine and conferring on the executors the power to administer the estate
2.the act of proving that an instrument purporting to be a will was signed and executed in accord with legal requirements probate v.
1.put a convicted person on probation by suspending his sentence
2.establish the legal validity of (wills and other documents)
Idiom of the Day
(not) have anything to do with someone
to (not) want to be a friend or work with or do business with someone
My father will not have anything to do with the salesman after the salesman sold him the faulty car.