Law Dictionary Definitions

pro bono publico (proh boh-noh p<<schwa>>b-li-koh orpoo-bli-koh). [Latin] Hist. For the public good. Cf. PRO PRIVATO COMMODO. [Blacks Law 8th]

pro bono et malo (proh boh-noh et mal-oh). [Latin] For good and ill. See DE BONO ET MALO. [Blacks Law 8th]

pro bono (proh boh-noh), adv. & adj.[Latin pro bono publico “for the public good”] Being or involving uncompensated legal services performed esp. for the public good <took the case pro bono> <50 hours of pro bono work each year>. [Cases: Attorney and Client 132. C.J.S. Attorney and Client §§ 299–303.] “The bar in this country…

problem-oriented policing. A method that law-enforcement officers use to reduce crime by identifying and remedying the underlying causes of criminal incidents rather than merely seeking basic information (such as the identity of the perpetrator) about the crime being investigated. [Blacks Law 8th]

probatum (proh-bay-t<<schwa>>m), n.[Latin] Something conclusively established or proved; proof. Pl. probata. Cf. ALLEGATUM. [Blacks Law 8th]

probatory term. See term probatory (2) under TERM(5). [Blacks Law 8th]

probator (proh-bay-t<<schwa>>r), n. Hist. An accused person who confesses to a crime but asserts that another also participated in the crime. • The probator had to undertake to prove the supposed accomplice’s guilt. [Blacks Law 8th]

probative fact. See FACT. [Blacks Law 8th]

probative evidence. See EVIDENCE. [Blacks Law 8th]

probative (proh-b<<schwa>>-tiv), adj. Tending to prove or disprove. • Courts can exclude relevant evidence if its probative value is substantially outweighed by the danger of unfair prejudice. Fed. R. Evid. 403. [Cases: Evidence 99, 146. C.J.S. Evidence §§ 2–5, 197–200, 204, 206, 764.] — probativeness, probativity,n. [Blacks Law 8th]