Semi-Proof
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
In civil law
Presumption of fact. This degree of proof is thus defined: "Non est ignorandum, probationem semiplenam earn esse, per quam rei gestae fides aliqua fit judici; non tamen tanta ut jure debeat in pronuncianda sententia earn sequi." Mascardus, de Prob. vol.
1, quaest. 11, note 1, 4.
SEMPER (Lat.) Always. SEMPER IN DUBIIS BENIGNIORA praeferunda sunt. In dubious cases, the more liberal constructions are always to be preferred.
Dig. 50. 17. 56.