\Pro"bate\, n. [From L. probatus, p. p. of probare to
prove. See {Prove}.]
1. Proof. [Obs.] --Skelton.
2. (Law)
   (a) Official proof; especially, the proof before a
       competent officer or tribunal that an instrument
       offered, purporting to be the last will and testament
       of a person deceased, is indeed his lawful act; the
       copy of a will proved, under the seal of the Court of
       Probate, delivered to the executors with a certificate
       of its having been proved. --Bouvier. --Burrill.
   (b) The right or jurisdiction of proving wills.

\Pro"bate\, a.
Of or belonging to a probate, or court of probate; as, a
probate record.
{Probate Court}, or {Court of Probate}, a court for the
   probate of wills.
{Probate duty}, a government tax on property passing by will.
   [Eng.]

\Pro"bate\, v. t.
To obtain the official approval of, as of an instrument
purporting to be the last will and testament; as, the
executor has probated the will.