What entity initially sets down the conditions or rules of behavior that must be followed by the probationer?

The answer is the court.  Most probation orders take in a contract amid the court and the offender in which a custodial or prison term is postponed and the probationer undertakes to comply with a set of trial rules or conditions commanded by the court. Take note that, probationary sentences may be decided by federal and state district courts and felony or state superior courts. 

the secretary of state, appointed by the president with the advice and consent of the senate, is the president's chief foreign affairs adviser. the secretary carries out the president's foreign policies through the state department and the foreign service of the united states.

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