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Home Dictionary Name: provenanceNot proven
Not proven, a verdict allowed to be given in criminal trials in Scotland. A prisoner in whose case it is pronounced cannot be tried again....
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 States v. Strickland, 493 F.2d 182 (1974)"] ...
admission
admission 1 : the act or process of admitting [ into evidence] 2 a : a party's acknowledgment that a fact or statement is true NOTE: In civil cases admissions are often agreed to and offered in writing to the court before trial as a method of reducing the number of issues to be proven at trial. b : a party's prior out-of-court statement or action that is inconsistent with his or her position at trial and that tends to establish guilt compare confession declaration against interest at declaration NOTE: Under the Federal Rules of Evidence an admission is not hearsay. Silence can sometimes be construed as an admission where a person would reasonably be expected to speak up. ...
aider by verdict
aider by verdict : the presumption after a verdict that all facts necessary to the verdict were proven : the correcting of a pleading defect (as failing to allege a fact) by the verdict in order to conform to the evidence ...
allegation
allegation 1 : the act of alleging 2 a : a statement not yet proven [s in an affidavit] b : a statement by a party to a lawsuit of what the party will attempt to prove : averment compare accusation, indictment, information, proof ...
alleged
alleged 1 : asserted to be true ;esp : stated in an allegation [ crimes] 2 : accused but not yet proven or convicted [trial of war criminals "R. G. Neumann"] ...
arrest of judgment
arrest of judgment [arrest stoppage] : a judge's stopping of a judgment because of a defect (as that the acts proven do not constitute a crime) for which the judgment could be reversed ...
beyond a reasonable doubt
beyond a reasonable doubt The standard in a criminal case that must be met by the prosecution in order to convict the defendant. It means the evidence is fully satisfied, all the facts are proven and guilt is established. Source: FindLaw ...
cause
cause 1 : something that brings about an effect or result [the negligent act which was the of the plaintiff's injury] NOTE: The cause of an injury must be proven in both tort and criminal cases. actual cause : cause in fact in this entry but-for cause : cause in fact in this entry cause in fact : a cause without which the result would not have occurred called also actual cause but-for cause concurrent cause : a cause that joins simultaneously with another cause to produce a result called also concurring cause compare intervening cause and superseding cause in this entry di·rect cause : proximate cause in this entry ef·fi·cient in·ter·ven·ing cause : superseding cause in this entry intervening cause 1 : an independent cause that follows another cause in time in producing the result but does not interrupt the chain of causation if foreseeable called also supervening cause compare concurrent cause and superseding cause in this entry 2 : super...
confess
confess : to admit (as a charge or allegation) as true, proven, or valid [unless you answer, the petition shall be taken as confessed] vi : to make a confession con·fes·sor [kən-fe-sər] n ...
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