probative

probative

English

Adjective

probative (comparative more probative, superlative most probative)

1. (law) Tending to prove a particular proposition or to persuade someone of the truth of an allegation.
   • 1999, Dana Stabenow, Hunter's Moon, →ISBN, page 109:

     The judge had granted the DA a one-week extension with the caustic admonition that the case would be summarily dismissed if at that time probative, as opposed to prejudicial, evidence was not produced.

   • 2003, Edith Grossman (translator), Gabriel García Márquez (author), Living to Tell the Tale, chapter 2:

     My grandfather in person organized the file with a surfeit of sworn testimonies and probative documents […]

Antonyms

• disprobative
• prejudicial

Translations

tending to prove a particular proposition

Bulgarian: доказателствен (dokazatelstven) Chinese: Mandarin: 有證明力的／有证明力的 (yǒu zhèngmínglì de) Finnish: todistusvoimainen Hungarian: bizonyító erejű Russian: доказа́тельный (ru) (dokazátelʹnyj)

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Italian

Adjective

probative

1. feminine plural of probativo