Probator


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Pro`ba´tor


n. 1. An examiner; an approver.
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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.
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Latin is the voice of authority, as intimidating and baffling as can be within the (relatively broad) spectrum of languages and idioms that would have been available; it is used in this group of documents when some intercourse occurs or might occur across the class divide, between the criminals and the authorities, thieves and justices, or, later, probator and coroner.
The Robberies of Chaucer
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