Definition of Probation

Pro`ba´tion
n.1.
1.The act of proving; also, that which proves anything; proof.
When by miracle God dispensed great gifts to the laity, . . . he gave probation that he intended that all should prophesy and preach.
- Jer. Taylor.
2.Any proceeding designed to ascertain truth, to determine character, qualification, etc.; examination; trial; as, to engage a person on probation.
No [view of human life] seems so reasonable as that which regards it as a state of probation.
- Paley.


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