Probatio
Defined in 4 dictionaries — Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910), Anderson (1889), Abbott (1879)
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Lab Proof; more partich-larly direct, as distinguished from indirect or circumstantial evidence,
— Probatio mortua. Dead proof; that is proof by inanimate objects, such as deeds or other written evidence.
— Probatio plena. In the civil law. Full proof; proof by two witnesses, or a public instrument Hailifax, Civil Law, b. 3, c. 9, no. 25; 3 Bl. Comm. 370.
— Probatio semi-plena. In the civil law. Halffull proof; half-proof. Proof by one witness, or a private instrument. Hailifax, Civil Law, b. 3, c. 9, no. 25; 3 Bl. Comm. 370.
— Probatio viva. Living proof; that is, proof by the mouth of living witnesses.
A Dictionary of Law
William C. Anderson · 1889
See Probake.
Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence
Benjamin Vaughan Abbott · 1879
Proof. Thus probatio viva, or proof alive, was applied to testimony of witnesses; and probatio mortua, or dead proof, to documentary evidence; also, probatio plena and semiplena were technical terms, translatable by "full proof" and "half full," — the one being proof of a public instrument by two witnesses; the other, proof of a private writing by one witness. See Burrill.