LAW the process used to establish that a WILL (=a statement saying who you want to have your money and property when you die) has been properly made out, according to the law
All joint-owned property goes to the named beneficiaries without passing through probate.
—probateadjectiveadj
a probate court
Originprobate1
(1300-1400)Latinprobatum, from the past participle of probare; → PROBE2