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probationship

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pro⋅ba⋅tion

  [proh-bey-shuhn]
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–noun
1. the act of testing.
2. the testing or trial of a person's conduct, character, qualifications, or the like.
3. the state or period of such testing or trial.
4. Law.
a. a method of dealing with offenders, esp. young persons guilty of minor crimes or first offenses, by allowing them to go at large under supervision of a probation officer.
b. the state of having been conditionally released.
5. Education. a trial period or condition of students in certain educational institutions who are being permitted to redeem failures, misconduct, etc.
6. the testing or trial of a candidate for membership in a religious body or order, for holy orders, etc.
7. Archaic. proof.
Origin:
1375–1425; late ME probacion < L probātiōn- (s. of probātiō). See probate, -ion

Related forms:
pro⋅ba⋅tion⋅al, pro⋅ba⋅tion⋅ar⋅y  [proh-bey-shuh-ner-ee] , adjective
pro⋅ba⋅tion⋅ship, noun
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Word Origin & History

probation 
c.1412, "trial, experiment, test," from O.Fr. probacion (14c.), from L. probationem (nom. probatio) "inspection, examination," noun of action from probare "to test" (see prove). Meaning "testing of a person's conduct" is from 1432; theological sense first recorded 1526; criminal justice sense is first recorded in U.S. c.1878.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Legal Dictionary

Main Entry: pro·ba·tion
Pronunciation: prO-'bA-sh&n
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle French, critical examination and evaluation, from Latin probation- probatio, from probare to test, approve, prove
1 a : subjection to a period of evaluation and possible termination at the commencement of employment in a position for which one's fitness is to be determined b : subjection to a period of review in the course of employment or education as a result of a violation of standards and with the possibility of dismissal if standards are not met
2 a : the suspension of all or part of a sentence and its replacement by freedom subject to specific conditions and the supervision of a probation officer probation shall be a matter of grace conferring no vested right to its continuance —Michigan Statutes Annotated> —compare DIVERSION, PAROLE b : probation as a sentence in itself c : the period or state of being subject to probation probation> —pro·ba·tion·al /-sh&-n&l/ adjective —pro·ba·tion·al·ly adverb —pro·ba·tion·ary /-sh&-"ner-E/ adjective
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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