喜樂美語
  1. 1遺囑驗證程序；遺產認證

    This is a legal word, mostly used about what happens after someone dies. 'Probate' is the official, legal process where a court checks that a dead person's will is real and correct, and then allows it to be carried out, deciding who gets the person's money and belongings. You will mostly meet this word in news, legal shows, or family conversations about inheritance, not in everyday chat.

From the word’s history

From Latin probatus, past participle of probare 'to test'; compare prove.

源自拉丁文 probatus「被驗證過的」，和 prove 同源。

Wiktionary

組成Comes from Latin 'probare,' meaning 'to test' or 'to prove' - the court is proving the will is genuine.

同家族的字

  • probableshares the Latin root 'probare/prob-', both connected to the idea of testing or showing something to be true

原始詞典資料5 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

probatenoun/ˈpɹəʊbeɪt/

  • 1

    lawThe legal process of verifying the legality of a will.

    • The probate file reveals that Stephen Tetuan, attorney for the estate and author of McBride's will, wrote to Lemieux on Auust 29, 1984, encouraging him "to serve as trustee and to retain local counsel to represent your interests as trustee."
  • 2

    lawA copy of a legally recognised and qualified will.

  • 3

    obsoleteProof.

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probateverb/ˈpɹəʊbeɪt/

  • 1

    To establish the legality of (a will).

這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：

  • probate court

摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary，已精簡格式；依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用，改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。