Probator \Pro*ba"tor\, n. [L.]
   1. An examiner; an approver. --Maydman.
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   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.
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PROBATOR. Ancient English law. Strictly, an accomplice in felony, who to 
save himself confessed the fact, and charged or accused any other as 
principal or accessary, against whom he was bound to make good his charge. 
It also signified an approver, or one who undertakes to prove a crime 
charged upon another. Jacob's Law Dict. h.t.