Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Probatory \Pro"ba*to*ry\, a. [Cf. F. probatoire.]
   1. Serving for trial; probationary. --Abp. Bramhall.

   2. Pertaining to, or serving for, proof. --Jer. Taylor.

   {Probatory term} (Law), a time for taking testimony.