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Positive proof

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

Black's Law Dictionary

Direct or affirmative proof; that which directly establishes the fact in question ; as opposed to negative proof, which establishes the fact by showing that its opposite is not or cannot be true.

Niles v. Rhodes, 7 Mich. 378; Falkner v. Behr, 75 Ga. 674; Schrack v. McKnight, 84 Pa. 30.