Probable Evidence
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Presumptive evidence is so called, from its foundation in probability. Butler, Anal. Introd. PROBABLE REASONING (l,a.t. argumentum verisimile). In the law of evidence. Reasoning founded on the probability of the fact or proposition sought to be proved or shown; reasoning in which the mind exercises a discretion in deducing a conclusion from premises.
Burr. Circ. Ev. 22, 23.
PROBANDI NECESSITAS INCUMBIT llli qui agit. The necessity of proving lies with him who sues.
Inst. 2. 20. 4.