probative

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

probative
    adj 1: tending to prove a particular proposition or to persuade
           you of the truth of an allegation; "evidence should only
           be excluded if its probative value was outweighed by its
           prejudicial effect" [syn: {probative}, {probatory}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Probative \Pro"ba*tive\, a. [L. probativus: cf. F. probatif.]
   Serving for trial or proof; probationary; as, probative
   judgments; probative evidence. --South.
   [1913 Webster]

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