Conjecture

Defined in 6 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Black's (1891)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

A slight degree of credence, arising from evidence too weak or too remote to cause belief. 1 Mascardus de Prob. quaest. 14, note 14. An idea or notion founded on a probability, without any demonstration of its truth.

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

A guess upon slight evidence.

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

A slight degree of credence, arising from evidence too weak or too remote to cause belief. 1 Muscardus, De Prob. quaest 14, n. 14. An idea or notion founded on a probability without any demonstration of its truth.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

A slight degree of ere-' dence, arising from evidence too weak or too remote to cause belief. Weed v. Scofield, 73 Conn. 670, 49 AtL 22. Supposition or surmise. The idea of a fact, suggested by another fact; as a possible" cause, concomitant, or result Burrill, Giro Ev. 27.

A Law Dictionary and Glossary

George C. Kinney · 1893

Supposition or surmise; the idea of a fact, suggested by another fact, as a possible cause, concomitant or result

A Dictionary of Law

Henry Campbell Black · 1891

A slight degree of credence, arising from evidence too weak or too remote to cause belief. supposition or surmise. The idea of a fact, suggested by another fact; as a poussible cause, concomitant, or result. Burrill, Cire, Ev. 27.