• (n.) One who, when indicted for crime, confessed it, and accused others, his accomplices, in order to obtain pardon; a state`s evidence. • (n.) An examiner; an approver.
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Pro·ba'tor noun [ Latin ]
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.
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Ancient English law. Strictly, an accomplice in felony, who to save himself confessed the fact, and charged or accused any other as principal or accessary, against whom he was bound to make good his charge. It also signified an approver, or one who undertakes to prove a crime charged upon another.
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