Probate vs Final - What's the difference?
probate | final |
(legal) The legal process of verifying the legality of a will.
(legal) A copy of a legally recognised and qualified will.
(obsolete) proof
To establish the legality of (a will ).
(US) A final examination; a test or examination given at the end of a term or class; the test that concludes a class.
(sports) The last round, game or match in a contest, after which the winner is determined.
A contest that narrows a field of contestants (finalists) to ranked positions, usually in numbered places (1st place/prize, 2nd place/prize, etc.) or a winner and numbered runners-up (1st runner-up, etc.).
(phonology) The final part of a syllable, the combination of medial and rime in phonetics and phonology.
(music) The tonic or keynote of a Gregorian mode, and hence the final note of any conventional melody played in that mode.
Last; ultimate.
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*1671 , (John Milton), (Samson Agonistes)
*:Yet despair not of his final pardon.
Conclusive; decisive.
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Respecting an end or object to be gained; respecting the purpose or ultimate end in view.
(lb) Expressing purpose; as in the term final clause.
(lb) Word-final, occurring at the end of a word.
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*:Thus, when he drew up instructions in lawyer language, he expressed the important words by an initial, a medial, or a final consonant, and made scratches for all the words between; his clerks, however, understood him very well.
As nouns the difference between probate and final
is that probate is (legal) the legal process of verifying the legality of a will while final is .As a verb probate
is to establish the legality of (a will ).probate
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(wikipedia probate)Noun
(en noun)- (Skelton)