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Webster 1913 Edition


Probator

Pro-ba′tor

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Noun.
[L.]
1.
An examiner; an approver.
Maydman.
2.
(O. Eng. Law)
One who, when indicted for crime, confessed it, and accused others, his accomplices, in order to obtain pardon; a state’s evidence.

Webster 1828 Edition


Probator

PROBA'TOR

,
Noun.
[L.] An examiner; an approver.
1.
In law, an accuser.