Infirmative Fact
Defined in 3 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Black's (1910), Black's (1891)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
In the law of evidenca A fact set up, proved, or even supposed, in opposition to the criminative facts of a case, tiie tendency of which is to weaken the force of the inference of guilt deducible from them. 3 Benth. Jud. Ev. 14; Best, Pres. § 217 et seq,; Burrill, Circ. Ev. 154. Otherwise called an "exculpatory fact."
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
In the law of evidence. A fact set up, proved, or even supposed, in opposition to the criminative facts of a case, the tendency of which is to weaken the force of the inference of guilt deducible from them. 3 Benth. Jud. Ev. 14; Best, Pres. § 217, et seq.
Defined under Infirmative in Black's Law Dictionary.
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
In the law of evidence. A fact set up, proved, or even supposed, in opposition to the criminative facts of a case, the tendency of which is to weaken the force of the inference of guilt deducible from them. 8 Benth. Jud, Ev, 14; Best, Pres. § 217, et seq.