Probate

(noun.) the act of proving that an instrument purporting to be a will was signed and executed in accord with legal requirements.

(noun.) a judicial certificate saying that a will is genuine and conferring on the executors the power to administer the estate.

(verb.) establish the legal validity of (wills and other documents).

(verb.) put a convicted person on probation by suspending his sentence.

手打:所罗门

• The inventory of his estate, filed in the Probate Court of Cook County, Ill. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• He, two others, and myself, started to the new silver mines in the Humboldt mountains--he to be Probate Judge of Humboldt county, and we to mine. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• Probate, my dear Sir, probate,' said Pell. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• Marriage licences and small probates were what we all looked for, and what paid us best; and the competition for these ran very high indeed. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.

手打:波莉