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US
/pɹoʊˈbeɪtɪv/
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ADJECTIVE
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tending to prove a particular proposition or to persuade you of the truth of an allegation
evidence should only be excluded if its probative value was outweighed by its prejudicial effect
How To Use probative In A Sentence
- Such evidence can have sufficient probative force to make it just to admit it even though, taken by itself, it would not be sufficient to prove guilt.
- Yes, but no single piece of circumstantial evidence ever is completely probative of the ultimate fact.
- Certainly, where the evidence in question is equivocal, in the sense of ambiguous and uncertain and conjectural in nature, the probative force is of such diminished significance as to be valueless.
- Will he strike his ebony wood staff angrily on the floor, frightening him by the incoherent violence of his exclamations; or will he squat down with a good-humoured smile, and, rubbing his hands gently over his stomach with a familiar gesture, expectorate copiously into the brass siri-vessel, giving vent to a low, approbative murmur? Almayer's Folly
- approbative criticism
- Given my conclusion that only the comments of the deceased declarants Belanger and Kane meet both the necessity and reliability criteria, it may be that their remarks have limited probative value, and could be taken out of context.
- In my view, when the admissibility of demonstrative evidence is in issue, in many cases, a traditional analysis of probative value really misses the point.
- Never had he been more critical, more approbative. The Dodge Club or, Italy in MDCCCLIX
- As it stands the evidence is insufficient to have probative value. THE WIDOW'S TRIAL
- The new president of the university arose and eyed him with a peculiarly approbative and grateful gaze. The Titan