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The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Positive assurance of a fact. It is not synonymous with "information," 21 Pac. 39, or "notice," 1 So. 777, and differs from "belief" in degree. The act or state of knowing; clear perception of fact; that which is or may be known. Acquainted with things ascertained or ascertainable; specific information, 28 Ind. App. 367; a firm belief, 9 Gray (Mass.) 271. It implies actual notice as distinguished from constructive notice.
176 Iowa 316.
Believe; to exercise trust or confidence; to be persuaded upon evidence, arguments and deductions, or by other circumstances other than personal knowledge.
28 Ind. App. 367.