negative averment
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 289 U.S. 89 - Rossi v. United States · 1933Most cited · 202 citing opinions
it is not incumbent on the prosecution to adduce positive evidence to support a negative averment the truth of which is fairly indicated by established circumstances and which, if untrue, could be readily disproved by the production of documents or other evidence probably within the defendant's possession or control
How often courts cite the case defining “negative averment”
Court decisions citing the opinion that defined “negative averment” — 202 in all, by decade. Counts are citations to the defining case as a whole, not verified uses of the term. The dip in the most recent years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the latest years.