adjective
- serving to test or examine; providing evidence or proof
Usage: legal; formal
Examples
- The DNA evidence was highly probative in establishing the defendant’s guilt.
- The judge ruled that the witness testimony had little probative value.
- Probative evidence must be relevant to the case at hand.
- The attorney argued that the photographs were more probative than prejudicial.
- The court considered the probative worth of each piece of evidence.
- This document has significant probative force in proving our claim.