positive denial
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 73 U.S. 268 - Slater v. Maxwell · 1867Most cited · 29 citing opinions
A clear and positive denial of an allegation of the bill can only be overcome by the testimony of two witnesses to the fact alleged, or by one witness and corroborative circumstances. But if a fact alleged be denied upon belief merely, or be denied equivocally or evasively, it may be sustained by the testimony of a single witness.
How often courts cite the case defining “positive denial”
Court decisions citing the opinion that defined “positive denial” — 29 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.