Question

probate When her father died, she thought she would be able to avoid probate, but she wasn't that lucky. ˈproʊˌbeɪt

Accepted Answer

The process of proving in court that the will of someone who has died is valid, and of administering the estate of a dead person. Ever since people have written wills, those wills have had to be proven genuine by a judge. Without a probate process, greedy acquaintances or relatives could write up a fake will stating that all the person's wealth belonged to them. To establish a will as genuine, it must generally be witnessed and stamped by someone officially licensed to do so (though wills have sometimes been approved even when they were just written on a piece of scrap paper, with no witnesses). Today we use probate more broadly to mean everything that's handled in probate court, a special court that oversees the handling of estates (the money and property left when someone dies), making sure that everyone eventually receives what is properly theirs

word	probate
definition	The process of proving in court that the will of someone who has died is valid, and of administering the estate of a dead person.
eg_sentence	When her father died, she thought she would be able to avoid probate, but she wasn't that lucky.
explanation	Ever since people have written wills, those wills have had to be proven genuine by a judge. Without a probate process, greedy acquaintances or relatives could write up a fake will stating that all the person's wealth belonged to them. To establish a will as genuine, it must generally be witnessed and stamped by someone officially licensed to do so (though wills have sometimes been approved even when they were just written on a piece of scrap paper, with no witnesses). Today we use probate more broadly to mean everything that's handled in probate court, a special court that oversees the handling of estates (the money and property left when someone dies), making sure that everyone eventually receives what is properly theirs
IPA	ˈproʊˌbeɪt

Probate Court Written Wills Process Proving Died Valid