probate
noun [ U ]
LAW uk/ˈprəʊbeɪt/ usthe process of managing the property, money, etc. of someone who has died and giving it to the beneficiaries (= people who should receive it):
Unlike a will, a living trust generally does not have to go through probate.
Statewide, 11,605 probate cases were filed last year, three-fourths of them involving estates where no will was left.
grant/obtain probate
a probate court/judge/lawyer
probate
verb [ T ]
LAW uk/ˈprəʊbeɪt/ us/ˈproʊ-/in the US, to go to court to receive the authority to manage the property, money, etc. of someone who has died and give it to the beneficiaries:
probate a will/an estate