probate

validación del testamento, legalización testamentaria

Proceso legal para comprobar que el testamento de una persona fallecida es válido.

En inglés sencillo: 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.

Expresiones frecuentes: apply for probate, grant of probate, probate court

copia certificada del testamento

Copia oficialmente aprobada del documento que indica cómo repartir los bienes de una persona fallecida.

En inglés sencillo: 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.

Expresiones frecuentes: certified probate, copy of probate, produce the probate

validar un testamento, legalizar un testamento

Comprobar y confirmar oficialmente que el testamento de una persona fallecida tiene validez legal.

En inglés sencillo: 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.

Sinónimos: validate, authenticate

Expresiones frecuentes: probate a will, probate the document