probation

probation
A trial or test, particularly of the fitness of a person for a position. Also a period for the observance of a person under a suspended sentence for crime with reference to the advisability of giving him opportunity to resume his place in society without undergoing confinement in prison. A matter of action taken before the prison door is closed, being the suspension of sentence or suspension of execution of sentence prior to commitment, for the purposes of education and rehabilitation of the accused. 21 Am J2d Crim L §§ 562 et seq. A discharge from commitment as an insane person upon condition of remaining in a condition of sanity, to be recommitted summarily upon insanity appearing. Metaxos v People, 76 Colo 264, 230 P 608.

Ballentine's law dictionary. . 1998.

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