Legal Term Dictionary

For the whole; as one; jointly; without division. Dig. 50,17, 141,1.

For the whole; as one; jointly; without division. Dig. 50,17, 141,1. Less...

For so much; for as much as may be; as far as it goes.

For so much; for as much as may be; as far as it goes. Less...

For the time being; temporarily; provisionally.

For the time being; temporarily; provisionally. Less...

Lat. In the civil law. A great paternal aunt; the sister of one's grandfather.

Lat. In the civil law. A great paternal aunt; the sister of one's grandfather. Less...

Lat. In the civil law. A great-great-aunt.

Lat. In the civil law. A great-great-aunt. Less...

Lat. In the civil law. A great-grandmother. Inst. 3, 6, 3; Dig. 38, 10, 1, 5.

Lat. In the civil law. A great-grandmother. Inst. 3, 6, 3; Dig. 38, 10, 1, 5. Less...

Lat. In the civil law. A great-grandfather's brother. Inst 3, 6, 3; Bract fol. 68b.

Lat. In the civil law. A great-grandfather's brother. Inst 3, 6, 3; Bract fol. 68b. Less...

Lat In the civil law. A great-grandfather. Inst. 3, 6, 1; Bract, fols. 67, 68.

Lat In the civil law. A great-grandfather. Inst. 3, 6, 1; Bract, fols. 67, 68. Less...

Likelihood; appearance of truth; verisimilitude. The likelihood of a proposition or hypothesis being true, from its conformity to reason or experience, or from superior evidence or arguments adduced in its favor. People v. O'Brien, 130 <3al. 1, 62 Pac. 297; Shaw v. State, 125 Ala. 80, 28 South. 390; State More...

Likelihood; appearance of truth; verisimilitude. The likelihood of a proposition or hypothesis being true, from its conformity to reason or experience, or from superior evidence or arguments adduced in its favor. People v. O'Brien, 130 <3al. 1, 62 Pac. 297; Shaw v. State, 125 Ala. 80, 28 South. 390; State v. Jones, 64 Iowa, 349, 17 N. W. 911, 20 N. W. 470. Less...

Having the appearance of truth; having the character of probability; appearing to be founded in reason or experience. Bain v. State, 74 Ala. 39; State v. Thiele, 119 Iowa, 059, 94 N. W. 256. -Probable came. "Probable cause" may be defined to be an apparent state of facts found to More...

Having the appearance of truth; having the character of probability; appearing to be founded in reason or experience. Bain v. State, 74 Ala. 39; State v. Thiele, 119 Iowa, 059, 94 N. W. 256. -Probable came. "Probable cause" may be defined to be an apparent state of facts found to exist upon reasonable inquiry, (that is, such inquiry as the given case renders convenient ana proper,) which would induce a reasonably intelligent and prudent man to believe, in a criminal case, that the accused person had committed the crime charged, or, in a civil case, that a cause of action existed. Alsop v. Lid-den. 130 Ala. 548. 30 South. 401: Brand v. Hinchman, 68 Mach. 590, 36 N. W. 664. 13 Am. St. Rep. 362; Mitchell v. Wall, 111 Mass. 497; Driggs v. Burton, 44 Vt. 146; Wanser v. Wyckoff, 9 Hun (N. Y.) 179; Lacy v. Mitchell, 23 Ind. 67; Hutchinson v. Wenzel, 155 Ind. 49, 56 N. E. 845. "Probable cause," in malicious prosecution, means the existence of such facts and circumstances as would excite the belief in a reasonable mind, acting on the facts within the knowledge of the prosecutor, that the person charged was guilty of the crime for which he was prosecuted. Wheeler v. Kesbitt, 24 How. 544, 16 L. Ed. 765.- Probable evidence. See EVIDENCE.-Probable reasoning. In the law of evidence. Reasoning founded on the probability of the fact or proposition sought to be proved or shown; reasoning in which the mind exercises a discretion in deducing a conclusion from premises. Burrill. Proband! neeessitas inonmbit illi qnl agit. The necessity of proving lies with him who sues. Inst 2, 20, 4. In other words, the burden of proof of a proposition is upon him who advances it affirmatively. Less...