PROBATION
Probation
Probation in criminal law is a period of supervision over an offender, ordered by a court instead of serving time in prison.The above text is a snippet from Wikipedia: Probation
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probation
Noun
- A period of time when a person occupies a position only conditionally and may easily be removed for poor performance
- You'll be on probation for first six months. After that, if you work out, they'll hire you permanently.
- A type of sentence where convicted criminals are allowed to continue living in the community but will automatically be sent to jail if they violate certain conditions
- He got two years probation for robbery.
- The act of testing; proof
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