Infirmative Hypothesis
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 evidence. An hypothesis upon which the criminative circumstances may be explained consistently with the innocence of the accused.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A term sometimes used in criminal evidence to denote an hypothesis or theory of the case which assumes the defendant's innocence, and explains the criminative evidence in a manner consistent with that assumption.
Defined under Infirmative in Black's Law Dictionary.
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
A term sometimes used in criminal evidence to denote an hypothesis or theory of the case which assumes the defendant’s innocence, and explains the criminative evidence in a manner consistent with that assumption.