Conjecture

Conjecturable

Capable of being conjectured or guessed...

Reasonable doubt, does not mean some light, airy, insubstantial doubt that may fit through the minds of any of us about almost anything at some time or other; it does not mean a doubt begotten by sympathy out of reluctance to convict; it means a real doubt, a doubt founded upon reasons, K. Gopal Reddy v. State of Andhra Pradesh, AIR 1979 SC 387 (391): (1979) 2 SCR 363: (1979) 1 SCC 355.The doubt that prevents one from being firmly convinced of a defendant's guilt, or the belief that there is a real possibility that a defendant is not guilty, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1272.If a reasonable doubt arises in the mind of the court after taking into consideration the entire material before it regarding the complicity of the accused the benefit of such doubt should be given to the accused but the reasonable doubt should be a real and substantial one and a 'well founded actual doubt arising out of the evidence existing after consideration of all the evidenced. 'Hence a mere whim or a...

Foreguess

To conjecture...

Good faith

Good faith, nothing shall be deemed to be done in good faith which is not done with due care and attention. [Limitation Act, 1963, s. 2 (h)]The expression 'good faith' has not been defined in the U.P. Imposition of Ceiling on Land Holdings Act, 1960. The expression has several shades of meaning. In the popular sense, the phrase 'in good faith' simply means 'honestly, without fraud, collusion or deceit; really, actually, without pretence and without intent to assist or act in furtherance of a fraudulent or otherwise unlawful scheme'. (see WORDS AND PHRASES, Permanent Edition, Vol. 18-A, page 91). Although the meaning of 'good faith' may vary in the context of different statutes, subjects and situations, honest intent free from taint of fraud or fraudulent design, is a constant element of its connotation. Even so, the quality and quantity of the honest requisite for constituting 'good faith' is conditioned by the context and object of the statute in which this term is employed, Brijendra...

Guess

To form an opinion concerning without knowledge or means of knowledge to judge of at random to conjecture...

Conjectural

Dependent on conjecture fancied imagined guessed at undetermined doubtful...

Suspecting

Suspecting, is a state of conjecture or surmise where proof is lacking: 'I suspect but I cannot prove' suspicion arises at or near the starting point of an investigation of which the obtaining of prima facie proof is the end' Per Lord Devlin, in Hussein v. Cheng Fook Kam, 1970 AC 942....

An opinion or judgment formed on defective or presumptive evidence probable inference surmise guess suspicion...

Opinionator

An opinionated person one given to conjecture...

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