Probator

Defined in 6 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Stimson (1881)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

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

In old Eiigllsh 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. Jacob.

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

Approver, which see.

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

In Old 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

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

In old English law. Strictly, an accomplice in felony who to save himself confessed the fact, and charged or accused any other as principal or accessory, 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. Jacob. See State v. Graham, 41 N. J. Law, 16, 32 Am. Rep. 174.

A Law Dictionary and Glossary

George C. Kinney · 1893

I In old English law. A prover or approver, v. Approver.

Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law

Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881

I. An approver. Probus et lega Us homo,/. A good and faw/'a/ man; free from all exception as a juror or witness.