Positive evidence
Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Black's Law Dictionary
Direct proof of the fact or point in issue ; evidence which, if believed, establishes the truth or falsehood of a fact in issue, and does not arise from any presumption. It is distinguished from circumstantial evidence.
3 Bouv. Inst, no. 3057; Cooper v. Holmes, 71 Md. 20, 17 Atl. 711; Davis v. Curry, 2 Bibb (Ky) 239; Com. v. Webster, 5 Cush. (Mass.) 310, 52 Am. Dec. 711,