(chiefly Law)having the quality or function of proving or demonstrating something; affording proof or evidence (主律)试验性的;探索性的,鉴定的 it places the probative burden on the defendant. 它把鉴定责任交给了被告方。
语源
late Middle English (describing something that serves as a test): from Latin probativus, from probat- 'proved', from the verb probare (see prove)