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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PROBATORY

a.Serving for trial. 1. Serving for proof.
2. Relating to proof.
Probatum est, [L. it is proved. ] an expression subjoined to a receipt for the cure of a disease, denoting that it has been tried or proved.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

PROBATORY

Pro "ba *to *ry, a. Etym: [Cf. F. probatoire. ]

 

1. Serving for trial; probationary. Abp. Bramhall.

 

2. Pertaining to, or serving for, proof. Jer. Taylor. Probatory term (Law ), a time for taking testimony.