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Conjecturable

Capable of being conjectured or guessed...


Conjectural

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


Conjecturer

One who conjectures...


Reasonable doubt

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...


Calculated

Worked out by calculation as calculated tables for computing interest ascertained or conjectured as a result of calculation as the calculated place of a planet the calculated velocity of a cannon ball...


Conjector

One who guesses or conjectures...


Conjecturalist

A conjecturer...


Conjecturally

That which depends upon guess guesswork...


Conjecture

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


Foreguess

To conjecture...


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