Usually means: Validating a will through court.
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We found 11 dictionaries that define the word probating:

General (7 matching dictionaries)
  1. probating: Merriam-Webster
  2. probating: Collins English Dictionary
  3. probating: Vocabulary.com
  4. probating: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  5. probating: Wiktionary
  6. probating: Dictionary.com
  7. probating: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. probating: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary
  2. probating: Legal dictionary
  3. probating: Financial dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. probating: Encyclopedia

(Note: See probate as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (probate)

noun:  (law) The legal process of verifying the legality of a will.
noun:  (law) A copy of a legally recognised and qualified will.
noun:  (obsolete) Proof.
verb:  (transitive) To establish the legality of (a will).
noun:  Clipping of probate court. [(law) A court, sometimes called "Orphans' Court" (tribunal) whose function is to administer estates (property of a decedent) and prove wills]
▸ Also see probate


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