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inference 1 : the act or process of inferring ;specif : the act of passing from one proposition, statement, or judgment considered as true to another whose truth is believed to follow logically from that of the former 2 : something inferred ;esp : a proposition arrived at by inference see also permissive presumption at presumption 3 : the premises and conclusions of a process of inferring ...
infer
infer in·ferred in·fer·ring vt : to derive as a conclusion from facts or premises [could acceptance of the offer from the offeree's response] vi : to draw inferences in·fer·able also in·fer·ri·ble [in-fər-ə-bəl] adj ...
permissive inference
permissive inference : permissive presumption at presumption ...
Inferable
Capable of being inferred or deduced from premises...
Inference
Inference, means (1) A conclusion reached by considering other facts and deducing a logical consequence from them. (2) The process by which such a conclusion is reached; the process of thought by which one moves from evidence to proof, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 781...
Circumstantial evidence
Circumstantial evidence, presumptive proof when the fact itself is not proved by direct testimony, but is to be inferred from circumstances, which either necessarily or usually attend such facts. It is obvious that a presumption is more or less likely to be true according as it is more or less probable that the circumstances would not have exited unless the fact which is inferred from them had also existed; and that a presumption can only be relied on until the contrary is actually proved. Circumstantial evidence has, in some instances, undoubtedly been found to produce a much stronger assurance of a prisoner's guilt than could have been produced by more direct and positive testimony. As a general principle, however, it is true that positive evidence of a fact from credible eye-witnesses is the most satisfactory that can be produced; and the universal feeling of mankind leans to this species of evidence in preference to that which is merely circumstantial. If positive evidence of a fac...
Presumption
Presumption, a supposition, opinion, or belief pre-viously formed, Wood's Inst. 599.Presumptions have been said to be either: (1) juris et de jure (irrebuttable); or (2) juris (rebuttable); or (3) hominis vel judicis (rebuttable, of fact). (1) The presumption juris et de jure is that where law or custom establishes the truth of any point, on a presumption that cannot be overcome by contrary evidence; thus, that a child under seven is incapable of committing a felony (2) The pr'sumptio juris is a presumption established in law till the contrary be proved, as the property of goods is presumed to be in the possessor; every presumption of this kind must necessarily yield to contrary proof (3) The pr'sumptio hominis vel judicis is the conviction arising from the circumstances of any particular case. See Best on Evidence.There is a distinction between the 'presumption' under s. 114 of the Evidence Act and a 'statutory presumption' provided under the Bombay Prohibition Act. Under a statutory ...
presumption
presumption : an inference as to the existence of a fact not certainly known that the law requires to be drawn from the known or proven existence of some other fact conclusive presumption : a presumption that the law does not allow to be rebutted called also irrebuttable presumption compare rebuttable presumption in this entry mandatory presumption : a presumption that a jury is required by law to make upon proof of a given fact compare permissive presumption in this entry permissive presumption : an inference or presumption that a jury is allowed but not required to make from a given set of facts called also permissive inference compare mandatory presumption in this entry presumption of fact : a presumption founded on a previous experience or on general knowledge of a connection between a known fact and one inferred from it presumption of innocence : a rebuttable presumption in the favor of the defendant in a criminal action imposing on the prosecution the burden of proving g...
Presumption of fact
Presumption of fact, is an inference as to the existence of one fact from the existence of some other facts, unless the truth of such inference is disproved. Presumption of fact is a rule in law of evidence that a fact otherwise doubtful may be inferred from certain other proved facts. When inferring the existence of a fact from other set of proved facts, the court exercises a process of reasoning and reaches a logical conclusion as the most probable position. The above principle has gained legislative recognition in India when s. 114 is incorporated in the Evidence Act. It empowers the court to presume the existence of any fact which it thinks likely to have happened. In that process the court shall have regard to the common course of natural events, human conduct etc. in relation to the facts of the case, State of West Bengal v. Mir Mohd. Omar, (2000) 8 SCC 382 (392). (Evidence Act, 1872, s. 114)...
Illation
The act or process of inferring from premises or reasons perception of the connection between ideas that which is inferred inference deduction conclusion...
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