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Probate vs Suspend - What's the difference?

probate | suspend |

In obsolete|lang=en terms the difference between probate and suspend

is that probate is (obsolete) proof while suspend is (obsolete) to make to depend.

As verbs the difference between probate and suspend

is that probate is to establish the legality of (a will ) while suspend is to halt something temporarily.

As a noun probate

is (legal) the legal process of verifying the legality of a will.

probate

English

(wikipedia probate)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (legal) The legal process of verifying the legality of a will.
  • (legal) A copy of a legally recognised and qualified will.
  • (obsolete) proof
    • (Skelton)

    Verb

    (en-verb)
  • To establish the legality of (a will ).

    • Derived terms

    * probate court * probate duty * probate judge * probate law

    Related terms

    * probe * probation * prove

    External links

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    suspend

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To halt something temporarily.
    • The meeting was suspended for lunch.
  • * Shakespeare
    • Suspend your indignation against my brother.
  • * Denham
    • The guard nor fights nor flies; their fate so near / At once suspends their courage and their fear.
  • To hold in an undetermined or undecided state.
    • to suspend one's judgement or one's disbelief
    (John Locke)
  • To discontinue or interrupt a function, task, position, or event.
    • to suspend a thread of execution in a computer program
  • To hang freely; underhang.
    • to suspend a ball by a thread
  • To bring a solid substance, usually in powder form, into suspension in a liquid.
  • (obsolete) To make to depend.
  • * Tillotson
    • God hath suspended the promise of eternal life on the condition of obedience and holiness of life.
  • To debar, or cause to withdraw temporarily, from any privilege, from the execution of an office, from the enjoyment of income, etc.
    • to suspend''' a student from college; to '''suspend a member of a club
  • * Bishop Sanderson
    • Good men should not be suspended from the exercise of their ministry and deprived of their livelihood for ceremonies which are on all hands acknowledged indifferent.
  • (chemistry) To support in a liquid, as an insoluble powder, by stirring, to facilitate chemical action.

    • Antonyms

    * resume

    See also

    suspension, suspenders

    Anagrams

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