Definition and Citations:
One who is upon trial. A convicted offender who is allowed to go at large, under suspension of sentence, during good behavior. Probationes debent esse evidentes, scil. pergpicuse et faciles intelligi. Co. Litt 283. Proofs ought to be evident, to-wit, perspicuous and easily understood. Probatis extremis, prsesumuntur media. The extremes being proved, the inter PROBATIVE 947