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Moral evidence

Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

Black's Law Dictionary

As opposed to "mathematical" or "demonstrative" evidence, this term denotes that kind of evidence which, without developing an absolute and necessary certainty, generates a high degree of probability or persuasive force. It is founded upon analogy or induction, experience of the ordinary course of nature or the sequence of events, and the testimony of men.