purporting

(law) a defense by an accused person purporting to show that he or she could not have committed the crime in question v

n (law) a defense by an accused person purporting to show that he or she could not have committed the crime in question n a defense of some offensive behavior or some failure to keep a promise etc. v exonerate by means of an alibi

the act of proving that an instrument purporting to be a will was signed and executed in accord with legal requirements v

n a judicial certificate saying that a will is genuine and conferring on the executors the power to administer the estate n the act of proving that an instrument purporting to be a will was signed and executed in accord with legal requirements v put a convicted person on probation by suspending his sentence v establish the legal validity of (wills and other documents)