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Provenance

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Proven

Proved

Not proven

Not proven, a verdict allowed to be given in criminal trials in Scotland. A prisoner in whose case it is

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unproven

unproven : not proven [an allegation]

aliunde

aliunde [Latin, from alius other + unde whence] : from another source [must be proven ] [proof ] prep : from a source other than [that he was shot…was proven the admissions "United

Provenience

Origin source place where found or produced provenance used esp in the fine arts and in archaeligology as the provenience of a patera

not guilty

: a verdict rendered by a jury acquitting a criminal defendant upon finding that the prosecution has not proven the defendant's guilt beyond a reasonable doubt

Axiom

established principle that is universally accepted with a given frame work of reasoning or thinking e.g. innocent until proven guilty is an age-old axiom of criminal law, Black Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 132.

fishing expedition

wrongdoing available at the outset of the investigation and often without specifying in advance the wrongdoing to be proven

valued policy

be paid in the event of a future loss instead of an amount that would have to be proven as the actual loss

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