probate

nouns

a judicial certificate saying that a will is genuine and conferring on the executors the power to administer the estate
probate, probate will
the act of proving that an instrument purporting to be a will was signed and executed in accord with legal requirements
probate
is a type of (narrower)
the act of validating; finding or testing the truth of something
proof, substantiation, validation

verbs

put a convicted person on probation by suspending his sentence
probate
is derived from
probation
is derived from
probation
is a type of (narrower)
hold back to a later time
"let's postpone the exam"
defer, hold over, postpone, prorogue, put off, put over, remit, set back, shelve, table
establish the legal validity of (wills and other documents)
probate
is derived from
probative
domain category
the collection of rules imposed by authority
"civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order"
jurisprudence, law
is a type of (narrower)
declare or make legally valid
formalise, formalize, validate