probation

Defined in 7 dictionaries — Case Law, U.S. Code, Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893)

Definitions from Case Law

From 302 U.S. 211 - Berman v. United States · 1937Most cited · 1,342 citing opinions

Probation is concerned with rehabilitation, not with the determination of guilt. It does not secure reconsideration of issues that have been determined or change the judgment that has been rendered. Probation or suspension of sentence comes as an act of grace to one convicted of a crime. The defendant stands convicted; he faces punishment, and cannot insist on terms or strike a bargain.

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United States Code

18 U.S.C. § 4101 — as used in this chapter

“probation” means any form of a sentence under which the offender is permitted to remain at liberty under supervision and subject to conditions for the breach of which a penalty of imprisonment may be ordered executed;

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

The evidence which proves a thing. It is either by record, writing, the party's own oath, or the testimony of witnesses. Proof. It also signifies the time of a novitiate; a trial. Nov. 5. PROBATIONES DEBENT ESSE EVIdentes, Id est, perspicuae et faclles intelligl. Proofs ought to be made evident, that is, clear and easy to be understood. Co. Litt. 283.

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

Proof; trial.

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

The evidence which proves a thing. It is either by record, writing, the party’s own oath, or the testimony of witnesses. Proof. It also signifies the time of a novitiate; a trial. Nov. 5.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

The act of proving; evidence ; proof. Also trial; test; the time of novitiate. Used in the latter sense in the monastic orders. In modern criminni administration, allowing a person convicted of some minor offense (particularly juvenile offenders) to go at large, under a suspension of sentence, during good behavior, and generally under the supervision or guardianship of a "probation officer."

A Law Dictionary and Glossary

George C. Kinney · 1893

In Scots law. Proof, or, more properly, evidenca