Proof
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States · John Bouvier · 1839
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States
practice, is the conviction or persuasion of the mind of a judge or jury, by the exhibition of evidence, of the reality of a fact alleged; as, to prove, is to determine does not exist.
8 Toull. n. 2; Ayl. Parerg. 442; 2 Phil. Ev. 44, n. (a).
Aylitf defines judicial proof to be a clear and evident declaration or demonstration, of a matter which was before doubtful, conveyed in a judicial manner by fit and proper arguments, and likewise By all other legal methods; first, by proper arguments, such as conjectures, presumptions, indicia, and other adminicular ways and means; and, secondly, by legal method, or methods according to law, such as witnesses, public instruments and the like.
Parerg. 442.