probate

homologation du testament

Procédure juridique vérifiant la validité du testament d’une personne décédée concernant ses biens.

En anglais simple : The legal process of checking that a dead person's written wishes about their property are valid.

• The will went through probate.
• She applied for probate after her father's death.
• The estate cannot be distributed until probate is granted.

Expressions courantes : apply for probate, grant of probate, probate court

copie certifiée du testament

Copie officiellement approuvée du document où une personne décédée indique à qui laisser ses biens.

En anglais simple : An officially approved copy of a dead person's written wishes about their property.

• The executor produced the probate.
• A certified probate was kept with the estate papers.
• The clerk compared the probate with the original will.

Expressions courantes : certified probate, copy of probate, produce the probate

homologuer un testament

Vérifier et confirmer officiellement que le testament d’une personne décédée est valable selon la loi.

En anglais simple : To officially check and confirm that a dead person's written wishes about their property are legally valid.

• The court must probate the will.
• Her father's will was probated last month.
• The lawyer explained how to probate the document.

Synonymes : validate, authenticate

Expressions courantes : probate a will, probate the document