Conclusive Proof - Law Dictionary Search Results
manifest weight of the evidence
or verdict requires showing that it is obviously erroneous and unsupported by the evidence and that an opposite conclusion is clearly evident … manifest weight of the evidence :a deferential standard of review under which reversal of a decision or verdict requires showing that it is
Abstract of title
the title; and these facts should be authenticated by such legal evidence as would be deemed satisfactory and conclusive in an action to try the title. Judgments, Crown debts, charges, and incumbrances should be fairly stated. Also … interests, lines & encumbrances that reflect title to property, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., an epitome of the evidence of title to property or power to deal with it. Every purchaser of land or real estate has
finding
the trier of fact as to a factual issue based on the evidence presented in a case NOTE: Conclusions of law are based on findings of fact. finding of law : a court's determination of the law … fact : a determination made by the trier of fact as to a factual issue based on the evidence presented in a case NOTE: Conclusions of law are based on findings of fact. finding of law :
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Inconclusive
Not conclusive leading to no conclusion not closing or settling a point in debate or a doubtful question as evidence … conclusive leading to no conclusion not closing or settling a point in debate or a doubtful question as evidence is inconclusive when it does not exhibit the truth of a disputed case in such a manner as
Substantial and compelling reasons
appellate court in an appeal against acquittal to review the entire evidence and to come to its own conclusion; but in doing so it should not only consider every matter on record having a bearing on the … to curtail the undoubted power of an appellate court in an appeal against acquittal to review the entire evidence and to come to its own conclusion; but in doing so it should not only consider every matter
Reason
explanation the efficient cause of an occurrence or a phenomenon a motive for an action or a determination proof more or less decisive for an opinion or a conclusion principle efficient cause final cause ground of argument … thought or a consideration offered in support of a determination or an opinion a just ground for a conclusion or an action that which is offered or accepted as an explanation the efficient cause of an occurrence
arbitrary
regard for facts or applicable law often used in the phrase arbitrary and capricious [an agency finding or conclusion of lack of evidence would be and capricious if the record afforded no substantial basis for such a … applicable law often used in the phrase arbitrary and capricious [an agency finding or conclusion of lack of evidence would be and capricious if the record afforded no substantial basis for such a finding "Irvin v. Hobby,
Nemo debet bis vexari, si constat curi' quod sit pro una et eadem causa
a Court of concurrent jurisdiction directly upon the point, is, as a plea, a bar, or as evidence, conclusive between the same parties upon the same matter directly in question in another Court. the exception to this … same offence, provided the first indictment were such that he could have been lawfully convicted upon it by proof of the facts contained in the second indictment, Arch. Cr. Plead. For a recent instance of the application
Larrison rule
newly discovered evidence of false testimony by a government witness if the jury might have reached a different conclusion without the evidence and it unfairly surprised the defendant at trial, Larrison v. United States, 24 F.2d 82. … the doctrine that a defendant may be entitled to a new trial on the basis of newly discovered evidence of false testimony by a government witness if the jury might have reached a different conclusion without the
Torrens system
of title and then applies to a court for the issuance of a title certificate, which serves as conclusive evidence of ownership, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1497. … title and then applies to a court for the issuance of a title certificate, which serves as conclusive evidence of ownership, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1497.
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