Moral Evidence
A Dictionary of Law · Henry Campbell Black · 1891
A Dictionary of Law
As opposed to “mathematical” or “demonstrative” evi dence, this term denotes that kind of evidence which, without developing an absolute and necessary certainty, generates a high de gree of probability or persuasive force. Itis founded upon analogy or induction, experience of the ordinary course of nature or the sequence of events, and the testimony of men.